To start off Day 4, we hiked up to the top of Star Tower to get a view of Hanoi -- 27 stories up made some more queasy than others:
The hotel where the Sweeneys were staying:
Next it was a quick bus ride to Ba Dinh Square and the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum:
Noah made a friend on the bus. This gentleman pulled out a full page sheet in English and asked Noah to read it to him so the man could practice his English:
We ran into the indie rock supergroup called "Wyatt and the Ho Chi Minh Socialites":
Lunch was fried eel soup and some banh cuon:
Then it was off to the Old Quarter of Hanoi:
Pete used his amazing negotiating skills to get a good price on this North Face winter coat (which has already come in handy on his return to America):
We also wanted to see the Dong Xuan Market, which is a bizarre collection of souvenirs, bubble tea supplies, spices, dried seafood, live seafood, fashion, shoes, etc.
Kristin purchased some Vietnamese cinnamon to take home:
Finn found a bamboo xylophone and is already pretty good at playing it (with the help of Carter and some youtube instructional videos):
After a long day, we hiked up to Highway 4, a traditional Vietnamese restaurant. They have some pretty unusual menu items -- pigeon, chicken hearts, crickets, grubs -- but we stayed with some safer items and had a delicious meal. We had two tables on either die of us filled with drinking, singing office workers, which contributed to the environment.
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