Hanoi welcomed us with drizzle and 18 degrees. And it overwhelms us with impressions, so lively, loud, colorful, foreign and exciting. Of course, also really exhausting. So we put on rain jackets and sneakers and explore the city for kilometers and kilometers.
The markets here are also great
Something is sold on every cornerThe streets in the Old Quarter are organized by product categories. There is a street full of hardware stores and next to it a street full of lantern shopsMany women pose in front of the sights in traditional silk dressesThe Vietnamese Barbie dolls too. The temples are very different from those in Laos or Cambodia.I would say 'Chinese'. Not only banknotes, fruit, incense sticks and cookies are brought as offeringsBut also towers made of beer cans. In one temple there was a large illustrated list of good and bad deeds, each with information about the consequences of the actions The city is an architectural mishmash like no other And around it all, the traffic roars, which consists mostly of scooters that can transport everything. The train that runs through the residential area is also an experience, enthusiastically photographed by all tourists The city is currently preparing for the meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un, which will take place here next week.We planned to visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum today, but were discouraged by a queue that stretched over a kilometer around the whole block.We will do that next time.We rented an apartment for four nights and enjoy preparing breakfast ourselves with cereal, finally no more eggs. We have a washing machine, our laundry is clean again for a long time... if only we had sunshine, everything would be great.
