Cha Ca is one of Hanoi's most famous dishes. It consists of fish slices, greens, and peanuts sauteed over a charcoal fire on your table.
Coffee is everywhere in Vietnam, and what better place to share in this national obsession but at "cafés" along the street. They're just small chairs or stools by the road side, but the atmosphere and quality coffee more than make up for the humble location.
The Old Quarter is a maze of narrow, tree-lined streets with shops and stalls selling everything from ironwork to coffins, and fruit and vegetables to textiles and crafts...
Indira Gandhi Park is just one of the many parks in Hanoi, but if you happen to stroll through at night you may spot some local kids breakdancing in front of the Ly Thai To Statue on the perfectly slick marble.
Ah, yes. A backpacker establishment.
In the streets of Hanoi you will find many cool looking sign and posters.
One to celebrate the fact that the construction of a building has been completed another to warn people that that they should not get over two children
The central marketplace in Hanoi:
Where some animals are more equal than others