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This district in Hanoi was fascinating. It's been around for 2,000 years but has been a market district for
several hundred years. It consists of 36 streets that each specialize in a particular craft or product - silver, bamboo,
silk, tools, gravestones, shoes, and on and on. We stayed here every night except when we went to Halong Bay.
We walked and took cyclos around and just watched it all go on.
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| Alley below our hotel room on the first day. |
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| Balcony view from the room of our first hotel. |
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| We got around in cyclos. Only bikes, scooters and cyclos are allowed in the Old Quarter - no cars. |
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| Scarves over faces are more for keeping skin light than keeping out pollution. |
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| Every corner had bia hoi (homebrewed beer). It was fun to sample, sit and watch the street scene. |
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| We think this mark represents a "third eye" in Buddhism. We saw several people who had this mark. |
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| We bought a couple books from this guy. We were cornered everywhere to buy stuff. |
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| Bia hoi is illegal. The cops would come with a loudspeaker, and people would close up shop quickly. |
This cop wasn't busting anyone though. He was slugging a few back with the locals.
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