Hanoi
A view over the rooftops of Hanoi from our hotel in the Old Quarter
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Hanoi
Typical tall, narrow and colorful houses
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Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum
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Hanoi
The One Pillar Pagoda, destroyed by the French in a petty act of colonial...
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Hanoi
Inside the Dien Huu Pagoda
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Hanoi
Also inside the Dien Huu Pagoda
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Hanoi
Tran Quoc Pagoda
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Hanoi
Funerary monuments at the Tran Quoc Pagoda
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Hanoi
The Temple of Literature, the site of Vietnam's first university,...
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Hanoi
Inside the Temple of Literature
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Hanoi
Early morning at the The Huc (Rising Sun) Bridge leading to the Ngoc...
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Hanoi
The entrance to the Ngoc Son Temple
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Hanoi
At the entrance to the temple
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Hanoi
Inside the temple
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Hanoi
Also inside the temple
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Hanoi
At dawn, the shores of Hoan Kiem Lake are full of people performing t'ai...
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Hanoi
Early morning sees the arrival of street vendors in the Old Quarter
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Hanoi
A pretty young street vendor
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Hanoi
More vendors
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Hanoi
Flower vendors setting up shop
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Hanoi
More flower vendors
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Hanoi
The cart is used for trash collection.
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Hanoi
A basket vendor
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Hanoi
A confident scooter driver
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Hanoi
Propaganda posters above an ATM machine
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Hanoi
Morning rush hour. Crossing the street in Hanoi is a major adventure...
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On the way to Ba Be
Tombstones for sale along the road to Ba Be National Park
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Ba Be National Park
Clouds and mist near the national park guesthouse
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Ba Be National Park
More mist
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Ba Be National Park
Disappearing into the rain forest
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Ba Be National Park
A walking stick, probably the largest wild "animal" we saw in Vietnam
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Ba Be National Park
A couple from the Tay ethinic minority in front of their summer house
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Ba Be National Park
Tay woman, lovely at age 50
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Ba Be National Park
A proud and happy grandmother
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Ba Be National Park
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
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Ba Be National Park
We left the national park guest house for a home stay in one of the small...
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Ba Be National Park
The deck at our home stay
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Ba Be National Park
Our next-door neighbor's deck, with fishing nets hanging up to dry
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Ba Be National Park
Perhaps my favorite clock of all time, in our home stay. It shows the...
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Ba Be National Park
The view from our deck, one of the most peaceful places I've ever had the...
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Ba Be National Park
A water buffalo seen from the deck
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Ba Be National Park
A timeless image of rural Vietnam
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Ba Be National Park
And another one
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Ba Be National Park
Elsewhere in the village
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Ba Be National Park
The village petrol station
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Ba Be National Park
We spent a day cruising through the park on a boat, a beautiful and relaxing...
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Ba Be National Park
The local people row while standing and facing forwards.
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Ba Be National Park
More boat ladies
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Ba Be National Park
A fisherman
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Ba Be National Park
From inside Puong Cave
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Ba Be National Park
At midday we stopped for a short walk before lunch.
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Ba Be National Park
Rice paddies
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Ba Be National Park
Typical striking landscape in the park
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Ba Be National Park
Lunch at a local restaurant in the park
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Ba Be National Park
The restaurant kitchen
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Northeastern Vietnam
After leaving Ba Be, we stopped at a local ethnic market on the way to...
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Northeastern Vietnam
More market sellers
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Ba Be National Park
Small pigs for sale at the market
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Northeastern Vietnam
A satisfied customer heads home with the day's purchase.
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Halong Bay
This and the following photos are from our boat trip through Halong...
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Halong Bay
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Halong Bay
There are approximately 3000 limestone islands in the bay.
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Halong Bay
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Halong Bay
A lone fisherman
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Halong Bay
Late afternoon light, with endless islands fading into the haze
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Halong Bay
A very upscale tourist boat provides a pretty image.
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Halong Bay
Fishing boat
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Halong Bay
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Halong Bay
A small sampan
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Halong Bay
Sampans
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Halong Bay
A floating shop
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Halong Bay
Home on the bay
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Halong Bay
A mix of boats, from tourist sightseeing boats to small family sampans
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Halong Bay
A floating village on the bay, permanent home for a number of families
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Halong Bay
The building in the back left is the village school.
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Halong Bay
The seafood on our boat trip was tremendous. Here Andy meets his first crab.
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Halong Bay
The "after photo" - nothing left but the shell, and a plateful...
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Halong Bay
The most fun - jumping off the top of the boat into the lovely warm...
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Cat Ba Island
The largest island in Halong Bay and home to another national park....
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Cat Ba Island
On the way to the beach at Cat Co 2, reached by a boardwalk suspended...
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Cat Ba Island
A sand artist at Cat Co 2
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Cat Ba Island
Waking up to the arrival of Typhoon Lekima, this was the early morning...
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