Hanoi - The last stop in Vietnam

After 8h in the bus and a lot of rain we did reach Hanoi, the last stop of our 4 weeks in Vietnam. The city was as also seriously hit by Typhoon Yagi as around 2.500 trees fell down and in the aftermath the Red River was extremely high. But the Vietnamese are resilient. They cleared the roads from the broken trees very quickly and the life went on. They stuck together in other parts of North Vietnam where a huge wave of support did help the hit counties.
As we were in Hanoi already last year in June for an extended weekend (covered at the time the Hanoi Hilton Prison, the Den Ngoc Son Pagoda at Hoan Kiem Lake, the citadel, the Hi Chi Minh Mausoleum and so on), and this time we just relaxed in the old town. Was also necessary as still a lot of rain poured down. But we were able to do a food tasting tour (Hanoi is hot spot regarding delicious food) and did a lot of walking. But most important was the chill out time! In addition to great Vietnamese food we also encountered twice great Indian food. Also Indian tourism is clearly coming to Vietnam.
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