Vietnam in Pictures

Planters

Hanoi is Backpack City

Hanoi Shopping District

Huc Bridge

Outside the Temple of the Jade Mountain

Gates to the Temple of the Jade Mountain

Vietnam T-Shirt

From Ginkgo Vietnam.

Café 28, Hanoi

Street Scam Photo A

Street Scam Photo B

Vietnam Cat

Masks

Get your Santa outft here in Hanoi

Motorbike Street Art

Vietnam Street Scene

Lego Shop in Hanoi.

It looked pretty legit inside, actually.

Hanoi Traffic

Anything on a bike.

Hoàn Kiếm Lake

The Bridge of the Rising Sun

Huc Bridge

Hanoi Cables

The wires in all of Vietnam are something to behold.

Hanoi Cables

Tom & Jerry Bounce House

No matter where you go, kids love a bounce house. And Vietnam has a strange fascination with Tom & Jerry.

Cyclo

Hanoi Traffic

Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum

Ho Chi Minh's embalmed body lies in state (just like fellow world leaders Lenin and Mao Zedong).

Hanoi Presidential Palace

Ho Chi Minh's Puegueot

Peugeuot 404 in Ho Chi Min's Garage. Also: Instagram.

Stilt House & Carp Pond

Ho Chi Minh's modest home.

Ho Chi Minh's Stilt House

Bomb Shelter

Allegedly, there's a bunker just through that door.

Damn tourists.

Pond-side tree.

All those little extremeties sticking out of the ground are part of the same tree.

Electrical Outlet Faces

One Pillar Pagoda

Temple of Literature

Doctor's Staele

Temple of Literature

Brazier

Lucky Turtle

On Instagram.

Incense

Bell

Drum

From one man to another ...

#HelloKitty Helmet

Offerings

Temple of the Jade Mountain

Burning Fake Money (Offerings)

Anything on a bike.

Hanoi Opera House

Café 28

Burning Trash

Turtle Tower

(on Instagram.)

Vietnam Traffic

Maison Centrale

Hoa Lo Prison Gate

Original Hoa Lo Prison Gate

Forged iron and thick bolts.

The Shu.

People escaped out of these bars.

Shows just how thin they had to be.

Mural through a doorway.

Full mural at Hoa Lo Prison

Door 13.

Guillotine

Santa comes to Vietnam during wartime.

Caption reads: Picture drawn by American pilots in the prison.

Pig feet.

St. Joseph's Cathedral

Why doesn't the caged myna bird sing?

Because it's in a cage.

Cha Ca Ha Noi

Fan Shop

Water Puppet Show

Street Vendor, Dishes

Clean.

Pipe smokin'!

Big traffic in Underwear Alley

Most useful bike carry I've seen yet.

Fixing the cables.

On a ladder. In a busy street. What could go wrong?

Egg Cream Coffee

The Last Egg Cream of the night.

Ha Long Bay

Shuttle Boat

Luggage in Peril

This is not our boat.

This is our boat.

Ha Long Bay

View from the Garden Bay 01

This is not our boat.

Islands of Ha Long Bay

Sea Cave

Island, Ha Long Bay

More Ha Long Bay Islands

There are a lot of them.

Look Out!

Sometimes the Garden Bay 01 would get eerily close to the islands.

Off to the Village

Rowing boat.

Village Bound

The Village

It was for show. i don't think anyone really lived here.

This guy was in charge.

Geology!

Sea Arch I

About this wide ...

Sea Arch II

Sea Arch III

Sea Arch IV

Sea Arch V

Geology!

Foot Rowing

Christmas Eve, Ha Long Bay

No sign of Santa.

Cave

Christmas Day, Ha Long Bay

Lonely Boat Vendor

Ha Long Bay

Surprise Amazing Cave

Yes, that's how it's lit.

Writing in the Cave

Our guide told us this dated back to when the cave was discovered. I don't belive him.

Dragon on the Ceiling

Lucky Turtle on the Floor

Red Chair

Dangling Feet Formation

Boat Vendors

Boat Vendor

Another day, another island in Ha Long Bay

The Beach

Rock Formation by the Beach

Depth

Kayaking

Weighing Anchor

Temple on an Island

We would have liked to visit this, but it wasn't on the menu.

Garden Bay 01

Top Deck

Toilet, Ha Noi Station

Reunification Express

Our home for 32 hours.

Saigon Street

A well-named snack.

It didn't taste very good, though.

Motorbike in the hotel lobby

Best. Pho. Ever.

Crazy hand-powered tricycle.

McDonald's in Saigon

Make suit, 1 day.

Durians!

Water bucket.

I think is for communal use.

Woman wearking a face mask, smoking.

This woman is enjoying a cigarette. She's also wearing a facemask to protect her from the city's noxious fumes.

Motorbike for rent.

Saigon Traffic

Duong Pasteur

Bitexco Financial Tower

With Millennium Falcon landing pad.

Phuc Long

Vietnamese Starbucks, essentially.

Ho Chi Minh City Museum

Out front.

Revolution

Printing Press

Independence or Death

Zoom.

Cu Chi Tunnels

Bonus!

Bomb Crater (Alleged)

Spike Trap (Reconstructed)

Tank

Girls on a tank.

Drying Rice Paper

Into Darkness ...

Cu Chi Tunnels

Cu Chi Guerrilla Bunker

Venting Smoke

Combat Meal

Bombs

Street Chess in Pajamas

Statue in Tao Dan Park

Playground in Tao Dan Park

War Remnants Museum

Gun Boat

Warbirds

Motorbike Traffic

Presidential Palace

The motorbikes are going the wrong way!

Streetside Repair

Thief in the Crowd

Solace

Funny Dog

Trashman, Saigon

Vinasun Taxi

We were told to only use Vinasun; the rest will rip you off. Okay, so who's taking all those other taxis?

Disctrict 7 from Floor 18

District 7 from Floor 18

The Tower

Inner Courtyard

Santa

He didn't show up in Ha Long Bay, but he was still here in Crescent Mall.

California Machine Center

Cooking the Chicken

Sunset over District 7

Toxic River

Bitexco Tower (again)

Shell

Next door to our deluxe apartment in the sky stood this empty shell of an apartment complex.

Last Sunset over District 7

Street-top Shrine

The Full English

At Bookworm's Coffee

Birds on Wires

Parting Warning

We didn't quite know what to expect when we arrived in Vietnam, but after the chilly temperatures in China, the balmy winter air of Hanoi was very welcoming. We spent almost a month in Vietnam and experienced a lot of things, great food, great food tours, boats, reunions with friends, a really long train ride, and being pick-pocketed. So kind a mixed bag, really. But here's some of what we saw while we were there.

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