Visit the City of Hanoi - Vietnam which is full of surprises, Hanoi and the story of old buildings, and the sound of the Horn that never stop and specialties of Hanoi City.
Vietnam is a country that has a Community Association, it's hard to hide a personal life, everyone cares about each other, everyone did not hesitate to help if have trouble, and everyone's life cycle is almost the same ; school, college, graduate, job, married (in young age), have children. at least this holds true and happened in Hanoi who has four this season.
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| Museum Ho Chi Minh - Hanoi - Vietnam |
but the city is difficult to say as the city remains, as the product, and most of the clothes are sold in stores is a brand of China or made in Chinese, but does not mean you won't find classy, you could obtain silk products classy and qualified (indeed not the best silk in the world) with a relatively low price, among other things, dress, scarf, scarves, skirts and shirts, and you just come to Hang Gai Street, located in the commercial district, the Old Quarter and shopping, tourist place here in the road was lined small shop hawking silk. "Gai" is meant the gauze in the Vietnam Language.
since the 13th Century, the name of the street in the district in accordance with the goods they sell, the word "Hang" means rows of shops or business, for example the way Hang Gai (meaning chicken shops) or Hang Manh Street (shop Curtain Bamboo), there is also a path similar to that of Cha Ca Fish Fry, there will find a place to eat that provides dishes Vietnam Cha Ca La Vong fish, namely sauteed with vegetables and a special sauce made from small shrimp, as a complement of a rice noodle, but time to time with the development of business for any centuries, some of the street names have no accordance with the distinctive features and content from the area.
City of Hanoi was not extensive, from end to end takes approximately one hour by Xe Om, can be doubled if you use the Taxi to the center of Jinan. especially at rush hour, because traffic in Hanoi City super full, but need that extra 45 minutes to reach the edge of the city like Bat Trang. Bat Rang is ceramics Craft Center, public transportation only available bus, xe om, taxi and train as transport between cities, may be due to less transport of the cities, the highway became congested with vehicles.
Traffic In The Hanoi City
speaking of traffic, number of motorbike that are approximately 2/3 of population more or less hanoy City is 4 million inhabitants, you can imagine the highway was flooded by the motorcycle and cars, and is unique in the city of Hanoi, bikers very hobby to press horn constantly and continuously, so many toot, to not longer cause reactions, but they keep honking and do it.
in the city of Hanoi rarely see the rider of the vehicle carrying their vehicles with speeding, traffic is indeed solid. but when empty, they do not ride the vehicle quickly, and riders of vehicles on Hanoi very reluctant brakes the vehicle, it is not uncommon to many vehicles-shoulder, and this is common in the city of Hanoi, by therefore for motorists or motorcyclist or pedestrians it is not weird and they look relaxed when he saw the incident.
therefore, if you visit the city of Hanoi, then don't be surprised if you find a motorcycle or car running slowly in the middle of the road full of hustle, and sometimes the riders drove their vehicles with very slow by finding an address or the store, and it is not uncommon to also find hikers that pitch with a casual crowd in the middle of the highway before reaching pavement, they may not be able to distinguish the phrase "crossing the road " with '"cruising the road ".
but for newcomers, crossing the street in Hanoi is like hell, there is a proper sentence from Town Downs, an author of Lonely Planet's " Hanoi and Halong bay Encounter". he describe those activities with "like running in water".
however, it does not mean traffic rules could be broke, Hanoi Police is respected figure, they look fit and slim (indeed there are rarely overweight there)
Hoa Kim Lake
the city center of Hanoi was marked by Hoa Kim Lake, the Lake has an old legend, that of a giant turtle of the Galaxy that gives Golden Sword to the King to defeat the invasion of China, after the King succeeds, return it to the Hoa Kim Lake.
in the middle of the Lake there are two island, on the island there is the greatest Chua Quan Su or known as Ambassador's Pagoda the Temple is the Headquarters of the Buddhist Association of Vietnam, you can feel the mystical overtones when you cross the bridge named Red Huc Bridge that connects between the mainland.
according to locals, the Government forbade the construction of a restaurant right on the edge of the Lake except Lang Dinh Thuy Ta - a luxurious place to eat Vietnam prepares - you will be entertained with traditional music and beautiful view to the directios of the Lake while eating a Vietnam dish in this restaurant.
just with shops away, you will find the French Quarter, the old town is full of magnificent and beautiful building relics of France, the country that once ruled in Vietnam, more fancy restaurant stands here, among others, Le Beaulieu foreign tourist from various countries, because most of the population there cannot afford to eat there, it does not mean that food prices are super expensive, because the currencies of Vietnam (dong) lower than the currencies of the neighbors country as Indonesian, and they are happy to accept American Dollars, means of payment and they are happy to give back change in the currency of Vietnam (dong).
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| traditional House - Vietnam Tribes |
Study History At Museum
if you are lovers of history, Hanoi gives you many of the museum has a collection of beautiful, each museum has its own story, the literature museum founded in 1070 and dedicated to Confucius in order respect the achievement scholars and Museum of literature, Ho Chi Min is also not less interesting, as the name suggests, they built this place as a homage to Bac Ho (Uncle Ho) Vietnam people's national Hero-while its ideology.
but if you want to know the culture of Vietnam, know the tribes scattered in Vietnam, please you visit the Museum of Ethnology. there you will find location of circular garden home every tribe existed in the actual size, in fact you can also enter into the house and saw the room and the equipment they use.
Hanoi is indeed a unique city, a wealth of culture and the development of a fairly rapid city make you addicted, and never forget the shock as you never find other than in Hanoi.
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