Photo Tour: Eating and Drinking Our Way around Hanoi

Hanoi is full of culture and packed with great choices for food and drink every ten feet. See how we did in this photo tour.

 

Streets of Hanoi

 

The most common way to carry wares in Vietnam

 

Every street corner had a market in Hanoi

 

A ceremonial drum… we think for a wedding

 

A horse with no name

 

Leninn Coffee Shop… … … ...

 

a nomad street vendor walks by a model shoot

 

roaming vegetable stand

 

modern architecture meets French colonial style

 

Motorbike traffic in Hanoi

 

Courtyard of a hidden cafe (Ca Phe Co)

 

view from Ca Phe Co

 

Enjoying ca phe trung at Ca Phe Co, a delicious egg and espresso concoction

 

Downtown Hanoi from Ca Phe Co

 

The most amazing step decor paired with a $2 clothing sale

 

Bia Hoi, Lina oy!

 

25 cent beers on the street… love Bia Hoi

 

Delicious Pho Bo at 49 Bat Dan

 

And just like that… Dean was gone

 

Ca phe trung. I don't drink coffee, but I drink raw egg drinks

 

At the back of the line for the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

 

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

 

Presidential Palace

 

Ho Chi Minh's car collection… He preferred smaller and smaller cars as he aged

 

A photo of both Lenin and Marx sits above Ho Chi Minh's desk

 

An open air conference room below Ho Chi Minh's house

 

Go straight for "No Entrance" #lostInTranslation

 

 

entrance to the Temple of Literature

 

Buildings with a stone tablet with the names of each graduating student

 

The names of shamed students were carved out of history

 

A model of the turtle that saved Hanoi

 

This group of school children (boys and girls) were wearing shirts with the Playboy bunny #lostInTranslation

 

A huge drum

 

It was graduation day for many schools. They came to the Temple of Literature (Vietnam's first University) to take photos

 

Temple of Literature grounds

 

A statue of Ho Chi Minh greets you at his museum

 

Lina poses in front of history of modern times

 

a photo of a photo of furniture made in Pennsylvania…

 

Soviet era Russian propaganda

 

Soviet era Russian propaganda

 

display of a Vietnamese soldier

 

a misplaced modern art exhibit

 

A print from an Indian newspaper

 

old watchtower

 

just stopping on the tracks to do some business

 

streets of Hanoi

 

pick your skewers to be grilled

 

bacon-wrapped mushrooms. delicious.

 

our food went straight from the grill to this open flame hot plate

 

Lina and downtown Hanoi

 

turtle island in downtown Hanoi

 

walking out of a corridor in the streets of Hanoi

 

St. Joseph Cathedral

 

Now this is mobile commerce--carrying wares on a bicycle

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