The Land Down Under | Read Trip Posts → The Land Down Under | Galleries Main Album » A few days in Hanoi, Vietnam Street view from our room No room on the sidewalk for pedestrians Beer street first time 2 Beer street first time 4 Beer street first time 1 Old quarter architecture 1 Our hotel These bikes actually left room Empty street around the lake on weekends Shots around the hoan kiem lake 1 Shots around the hoan kiem lake 2 Shots around the hoan kiem lake 3 Shots around the hoan kiem lake 4 Notes cafe Tower of conical hats in a shop Typical building Bridge on hoan kiem lake to jade temple New backpack Busy entrance to the jade temple Pagoda by the temple Gates to the temple Views on hoan kiem lake 2 Views on hoan kiem lake 3 Views on hoan kiem lake 1 Playing in front of statue of king ly thai to Sculpture near the lake View of turtle island on the lake Hanoi s water puppet theatre Old quarter architecture 3 Old quarter architecture 4 Tangled fig tree Bat trang pottery we bought a little something there Old quarter architecture 5 Train street went fran went alone 2 Train street went fran went alone 3 Train street went fran went alone 4 This is how close she sat Here comes the train Train gets closer Stay behind the yellow line Train whips by A typical city block in old quarter Vendor carving our grandaughter s name into a rubber stamp with a dragon s head Train street Train on train street Ride in a pedi cab Pizza restaurant Presidential palace Mall between legislature buiding and hcm s mauseleum Legislature building Ho chi minh s mauseleum Entrance to imperial city War memorial Main gate into imperial city In the ticket office 2 In the ticket office 3 In the ticket office 4 In the ticket office 5 In the ticket office 1 Flag tower of the imperial city What the gate actually looks like inside photo Statue of lenin Train street when we both went We both went to the train street in hanoi 6 We both went to the train street in hanoi 8 Fran tried an egg coffee very rich We both went to the train street in hanoi 9 Doug got his sneakers cleaned We both went to the train street in hanoi 12 We both went to the train street in hanoi 14 We both went to the train street in hanoi 1 We both went to the train street in hanoi 3 We both went to the train street in hanoi 4 We both went to the train street in hanoi 5 There s actually markings here for space between the parked bikes in the french quarter Visit the to the hanoi hilton 2 The hanoi hilton entrance Model of the hanoi hilton French bricks used to build the hanoi hilton Pieces of the original building The main door of the prison Visit the to the hanoi hilton 13 Prisoner s uniforn Photos of how prisoners were treated by the french 2 Photos of how prisoners were treated by the french 3 Example of a cell block with shackled prisoners Toilets at the hanoi hilton Shackles in confinement cells The almond tree had many uses Bronze memories 2 Visit the to the hanoi hilton 29 Visit the to the hanoi hilton 30 Bronze memories 1 Cell door Female quarters An actual french guillotine Visit the to the hanoi hilton 37 Photos of how prisoners were treated by the french 1 Confinement quarters Area at the back where much propoganda was on display Propoganda 4 Propoganda 1 Propoganda 2 The hanoi hilton blurb Visit the to the hanoi hilton 48 Propoganda 3 Piece of a b52 bomber Visit the to the hanoi hilton 1 Quan su pagoda info Quan su pagoda 4 Quan su pagoda 5 In the french quarter 4 In the french quarter 5 In the french quarter 6 In the french quarter 7 In the french quarter 1 Saint joseph cathedral 4 Saint joseph cathedral 3 Cong ca phe coconut coffee hanoi 1 The only time we saw the sun in five days in hanoi Back to beer street on our last night 3 Back to beer street on our last night 5 Back to beer street on our last night 1 Our plane from hanoi to hcmc A cooler license plate in hanoi Stamp for arya Dinner with c r