I am happy we took the Cyclo tour on our first day in Hanoi as we had a bird's eyeview of the Old Quarter and important sites in Hanoi, especially that he have a very hectic schedule out of the city and we have only a day to do shopping before we leave for the airport just hours before midnight.
From the Old Quarter, we passed by the Temple of Literature which houses the studies of scholars on Confucious and other sages. After that, we headed to the far end of the tour, the Ho Chi Minh Complex and One-Pillar Pagoda. After there, we were brought by the ever-smiling cyclo drivers at the Tran Quoc Pagoda where we were amazed of the simple beauty of the red towering pagoda. From there, we passed by the laidback Truc Bach Lake then took a long ride passing again by the Old Quarter and headed to the St. Joseph Cathedral where my friends attended the mass while I laze around, observing the well-dressed iced lime tea drinkers sitting on the dwarf stools on the sidewalk.
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| Our cyclo drivers: No english but all smiles! |
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| Sugarcane Juice is a must-try. |
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| People and motorbikes by the sidewalk. |
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| a stall in the Old Quarter |
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| Another stall with hanging sack bags... |
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| The durian empress! |
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| A stall in Old Quarter... |
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| A bicycle with all kinds of wares... |
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| A vietnamese lady preparing her goods... |
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| the popular hat... |
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| at the temple of literature |
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| just outside the temple of literature |
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| facade of the entrance to the one-pillar pagoda |
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| Ho chi minh complex |
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| One -pillar pagoda |
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| Three vietnamese ladies passing by the road |
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| Tran Quoc pagoda... meaning
"Stabilizing the Nation" |
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| posing in front of the pagoda |
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Their idea of eating outside; they were having a sort of a hot pot here by a small lake
where patches of grasses/rice? and lotus grow. |
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| an admirable building along the way... |
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| In front of St Joseph Cathedral |
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| The ever serene Hoan Kiem Lake |
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| St. Joseph Church |
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| Facade of temple leading to the One Pillar Pagoda |
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| Another pretty building |
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| Another noticeable building; must be a government building |
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| A bridge leading to the admirable Ngoc Son temple, still at the Hoan Kiem Lake |
On our last day, we seized the morning by going once more to the Ho Chi Minh Complex and passed by the Army museum where we had our photos with the Flag Tower. We then headed to the History Museum where we admired pieces of jars, jewelries and other old stuffs. After there, we passed by the Opera House; another activity one can experience in Hanoi is opera. Then, we headed back to our hotel and started our shopping at the Old Quarter area....
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| On our last day, we went to the Opera House |
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| History Museum |
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| Flag Tower |
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From a Tam Coc tour, we went down here to have our souvenir photo
with LY THAI TO, Vietnam's second most important person, next to Ho Chi Minh |
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| Hoan Kiem lake at night and after the rain... |
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| Equivalent to our stock exchange in Makati |
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| Vina Cafe, a brand i found in the grocery for instant coffee... |
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