This journal features the most important sights in Hanoi which are in the Ba Dinh district: Ho Chi Minh's (HCM) Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, the One Pillar Pagoda, the HCM Museum, and the Temple of Literature. Although the infamous Hao Lo Prison ("Hanoi Hilton") is not in the Ba Dinh district, I have included my photos here because we saw it as a group with those above. The other old quarter sights I saw on my own on 2 tours via cyclo (trishaw).

A bit about Hanoi: Hanoi, population 3 million (2004), is located on ... (more)