South Viet Nam (1): Hanoi

Viet Nam, Indochina peninsula, a whole side of the country are facing the South China Sea.

Viet Nam narrow terrain, in the narrowest place, it is said that things are however 50 km/h. Off the map, the arches of the s-shaped, graceful as AO Dai girl figure.

Play in Viet Nam, the most natural way, of course, is the main North-South.

Many people will have a thought of Viet Nam.

Some people think of Viet Nam, backward confusion, even already open, but like the 1980s in China. Some people think of Viet Nam, exotic and romantic, random can stumble across the Mekong River of love, especially to the Sai is tantamount to the reconstructed time lover ".

The compromise is that the northern Viet Nam, China Southern as France.

My trip, starting from the North.

Sat night haunts of the airport, to my mind was not going to fly to in Viet Nam, but their own country.

It is night, 9 points more flights also onto the 11 point after take-off.

Staff explained that the national front security tight, although the terminus in Guangzhou, the aircraft has to go through the airspace control in Beijing, one a slow release.

Arrive in Hanoi, is late at night.

The street is silence, only the shadows drizzles, occasional night of motorcycle, building corner have beggars, road wall and pole is affixed with domestic common "psoriasis". Viet Nam to my first impression is really "China", real and are familiar with, belongs to the town's side.

It seems just rain, dark and narrow alley a muddy, filled with an unpleasant taste.

Drivers struck half Tianmen, and played several times, closed door bell rang and rang, the lights finally lit, a young man asleep and opened the door.

Fortunately the book online in advance of the Inn, but chose to pay for the Inn at the airport.

Otherwise, the vast exotic streets late at night, I don't know what to do.

Inn of the conditions is actually very simple, the bathroom was almost off the crack pipe of hydrants and makes me glad I booked for one night only.

But after the representations daylight, dismissed the I want to change the idea of an Inn.

Inn people intrigued me in another room, but also for my travel plan provides many useful information.

Think before you pass the message, the host initiative that provides backpackers need any travel assistance, carefully describes the Mongolian people Viet Nam motorcycle reminded me not falling for scams, and compliance in the airport waiting for my late into the night, the stranger, I decided to believe.

Results demonstrate that the Inn have lived up to my trust.

Later discovered that Viet Nam over the country Inn is almost always the case. The "hardware" is not good, even those small hotel set significance greater than the practical function of disposable teeth, what none of slippers, I prepared the unprecedented amount of luggage sent on the usefulness from a waterproof bandage to chuangketie, from rubber to clothesline.

But many of the Inn has wireless Internet signal.

Even if the room has a weak signal, there are always near to a small bar WIFI provided. Inn in socket, do not like online say so single, although mostly German round hole, but there are also some itself like a converter, not only can you insert flat two-pin plug, and even insert a a small American plugs. I've bought a converter, most of her time.

The most unexpected or Inn.

Seems to me, what they will always answer, Yes, I can help you.

They can help in all-encompassing.

Query various travel information, help booking, tourist line are basically the default services. It can also help to extend the visa, even solve the Viet Nam travel abroad.

Hanoi the Inn's message boards, many gave the master of TIEN enthusiastic praise.

He used to help guests settled from Hanoi to continue going to Beijing's visa, you also have the guest loses something in the Bay to the back.

Looks great and think it is not difficult, Laban, many are familiar with the personal resources, is this enthusiastic guests poured occasionally used in passing.

No wonder that the facilities will humble Inn, do not seem to be missing the tenant. Most Westerners is blond. This way, I have not come across too many like me go backpackers in China.

Extend out the door from the Inn, the whole lane is packed with small stalls are placed anywhere.

Simple wicker basket with fruits and vegetables, the vendors were swelled in sticking to their positions. The so-called Viet Nam like previous China, probably this is the case, in a messy and humble, through a small Bud is becoming like a tough life.

I went through these assessments for fruits and vegetables, boarding at lanes exit Inn call taxi, began the Hanoi the itinerary.

Pocket with a shield, just Viet Nam 1800000 with $ 100 a person to the Inn.

Are not used to these denominations, a long list of figures make me dizzy Brain swelling. Also for this reason, this day in spending money there was obvious calculation errors.

Tell the driver that you want to go to the bus station Plaza, the car stops at a gate.

Mun in seemingly garden community, went in to see a white building, quite satisfactory appearance was to let people know that this is the Ho Chi Minh Museum. The Museum is the first layer, visit the tourists rest area showroom first stairs. The Hall is divided into two levels, different styles, two separate things. Apart from a small number of Ho Chi Minh bottom times, basically is Viet Nam development achievements exhibition. Economic statistics by industry "thriving" pendulum photos, representatives of all sectors in the event of a harmonious picture, there is a style like the propaganda printmaking revolution, in form and content, all seemed to take me back to the familiar China.

I think I'd disdains the "publicity" method, but when I saw the huge world map on the wall of the crest, marking the only instructions visit this museum guests from all over the world, suddenly feel that stand in the outsider's perspective, it's understandable

A national effort to make the world recognized the State of mind. Rigid posture, often hide a lonely.

The top level of the Hall is very special, like an abstract art room.

Metals, plastics, coatings and other modern materials, the simulation of the sky from the sea and the ancient legend of semi abstract sculptures and styling, like art and as realistic works, let me turn the two circle still don't understand what this exhibition. All instructions are not Chinese, only written in Chinese is "do not touch the heritage" warning signs, gives small embarrassed, but at the same time find it strange, because those "relics", apparently abstract modern art.

Museums nearby are the famous single-column Temple, the smaller than I expected, just like a zoom of Buddha shrine hanging on the water, but by a pillar supports.

Surrounded by green trees surround the environment but also elegant. There is a seat next to looks very ordinary Ting jiayou Temple, but turn a blind eye to the visitors around, it seems completely reduced to a single-column Temple plots, but also more independent come. I went in to a silly, Temple is quietly waiting for me to walk out the door, just behind me shut the door gently.

Then walk a few steps, the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum.

But I was a guard stopped, that is the grave maintenance, close to two months. I noticed on the great dividing range of restricted areas, originally not spacious bar Pavilion square more cramped. Closed area of Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, like for a big box on stage. Sky somber, dark gray, and the huge buildings seem mysterious and solemn. Closed area of bright colors, a bright red Viet Nam flag at the gray sky jump off. This has a lot of Western-style building, the yellow streets of green trees and neatly, at first sight, the vibrant.

I am in the school, that Pavilion square round trip is a motorcycle driver stopped.

He hopes to pick up I went to other attractions.

In order to convince me that he took out a full national tourists reviews of little book.

In fact, I didn't look at the above Chinese message, saw the English of the Museum of anthropology. Raiders have introduced, this place seems to be worth a go.

Negotiated prices start at once.

The way I and motorcycle drivers with each other-a-dozen of bad English repeated Exchange, and finally understand, Ho Chi Minh mausoleum and the former residence of my next to Ho Chi Minh ining, the reasons are different. The former is maintenance, which is the same as with Ho Chi Minh Museum, is a normal closing time at noon. And so I visited the Museum of anthropology at the end of the afternoon you can go back and visit Ho Chi Minh's residence.

Oh wait, you will take me back? I commonly asked.

Will.

Drivers for it very refreshing.

I didn't think that the hidden meaning here is another single business.

Later encounter in Viet Nam to be particularly careful motorcycle drivers, it really was justified.

Anthropology Museum with my imagination the gap slightly.

Comparison of indoor showroom of layout, style at random, there are pictures, wuza is real, there is a scene simulation, video recording, making a round in a circle and see what a theme, a bit like Viet Nam folk show, sort of like a brief history of social development in Viet Nam, a bit like Viet Nam economic diplomacy. I think to Sociology named Museum perhaps more appropriately, a unique intuitive see anthropological significance, are some of the obvious performance reproduction worship of woodcarving.

Similar works outdoors, rough stick-shaped, publicity and exaggerated gestures, fence surrounding a circle that encloses a low small house.

Rather, it is next to a shape very cartoon big cottage. Roof in very oblique pole tip, fully 1970 ° slope, the vacant houses, through the narrow wooden ladder to climb up. Nearby there is a similar need to climb up the wood cottage, styling instead, like a knuckle on three Prism, like a long long triangle bread.

These are the essence of the Museum, built in the exhibition hall, a large garden on the antique village of sparse.

Is Viet Nam national style in the history of the thatched cottages and huts, very unique. Just step on in the bamboo and mats prepared by vacant on the floor, though fragile, do not know whether the previous Viet Nam dwellings are in this way, it feels like walking in the clouds.

After visiting the Museum of anthropology, dark clouds in the sky, the Sun has gone to fully develop their enthusiasm.

Have been waiting for my motorcycle drivers are also very enthusiastic, not only come about if send me back to the bus station square of Ho Chi Minh's former residence, personal follow, mechanically to take me. I realize that he may be using the default style is better service, they stopped talking to him.

Sure enough, the driver started in troubled waters, the Museum of anthropology of one-way 30000 shield orally agreed as 50000 shield, found not for my memory, but changed to flaunt their attentive service.

Such equanimity improvisation seems not easy to get rid of it, I simply put the former to Ho Chi Minh Kiem way also to his contract, and finally into the General Ledger.

And next to the presidential palace-style luxury, Ho Chi Minh's former residence of odds simply extraordinary.

Two-storey wooden legs, back and do open-air room, top floor is just a simple living room and bedroom. This simple house position has more important, from a combination of care staff, visitors can visit along the designated route one-way. Then the surrounding environment, green trees swaying Lake Lianyan, pleasant. Just like in the forests in the home, live in a villa or bungalow in fact, the difference is not great.

From Ho Chi Minh's former residence, go straight to the Kiem, Inn is close at hand.

The money paid to the motorcycle drivers, I started walking around in Kiem. Kiem Hanoi old town's Center is the base of the Quartet backpackers, but looks outstanding landscape itself does not seem to be just an ordinary leisure activity area.

Standing by the lake view, Lake Central small Tower like a sword handle, it should be a turtle Tower.

The legendary lake in the turtle has a monarch gave shenjian Viet Nam. Sword in defeating the enemy has come back after being sent, Kiem and thus its name.

Legend has been spoken, but you can imagine, when the so-called enemy is China.

Viet Nam end from Chinese ruleWhile independent, even text also get rid of, but the remains of Chinese culture, is omnipresent.

Kiem have a Yu-Shan Temple, the Chinese of menlian.

I have a bridge to the Yu-Shan Temple meet on several Chinese girl, slightly rigid pronunciations, let me tell them is to learn Chinese in Viet Nam. A question, it really was. Several large second girl, came here to watch the Chinese tourists, with a view to the practice of Chinese.

Girls all claim to be Chinese, until I was found here.

So excitedly around me, Twitter. I asked them why you want to learn Chinese, one girl said, because she is very fond of Chinese culture.

Sounds like a language practice of standard answers, say this answer girl, most standard pronunciation.

Another girl answers more concrete, that want to go to China. The girl on the most accurate spoken vocabulary comprehension.

I watch these girls, imagine their heart.

China and Viet Nam should be entitled, on the other, but heavy historical association due to years of dust, and for young children, the pursuit of the future is even more important.

From Kiem walking back to the Inn, are selling clothes and small shops, roaring motorbike and crammed full of narrow streets.

Although everywhere I looked at the headaches Viet Nam text, but there are always some old style facade, also engraved with Chinese old buildings now came into sight, trance, really like the back between Parton, walking in the streets of China. In particular, oncoming, reminding one of the men and women is their compatriots. If we say that Thailand and Cambodia have managed to have a little colour black, orbital characteristics of Viet Nam people simply talk to Chinese people. Clothing fashion for young people, is quite handsome beauty.

I remind myself that this is Hanoi.

Further South, should have deviated from China.

But even so, still think that what you see is probably sick of people.

Finally found that street rare to see a fat man.

There is a slim build, do not know whether it can be used as the economy has not yet developed by circumstantial evidence.

But back to the Inn is reckoned a day spend, but found an let me kiss.

Less 20 million guilders.

After much deliberation, only one possible, been taken away for motorcycle drivers.

I remember very well, with 180 million Inn for Viet Nam shield, only one denomination is 20 million.

This note was last seen, is also the sword Lake pay driver. First took out the notes driver jokes on this one. I say no, ask all costs only 10 million guilders. They fished other ticket 10 million, up enough drivers continue to lobby for the period, can't stand his long-winded, last I gave 15000 shield tip.

And now, the 20 million of notes has gone, just on the accounts of the gap.

Is likely to be in me like choke a fastener for banknotes, Brain swelling and counting the zeros, driver side nagging transfer my attention while passing away my hand this 200000 shield.

Rumors of the treacherous in Viet Nam motorcycle, and finally to personally experience.

But there is also a strategy that in Viet Nam tours, riding a motorcycle is almost impossible. Want to come to the Kingdom of the motorcycle, also in the pursuit of the phase of the barn is. Barn real and etiquette, in such circumstances lost money, blame their outdated carelessness.

This event but I have two harvest.

One is to quickly learn a few tips for Viet Nam shield, is after the money on three zero cross out and replace it as the "thousand".

Basically, Viet Nam's consumption is to "Chin shield" for the units, Chin shield following the change, the locals will be fuzzy ignored.

Second, try to avoid this result by motorcycle, all the way to try out planes, trains, long-distance buses, commuter bus, coach, taxi, car, cruise, sampan, motorcycle, bike, walk, and other human traffic, incomparably rich.

(Anthropology Museum of vernacular)

(Buses Pavilion square military Department building)

(Maintenance of Ho Chi Minh mausoleum)

(Simple Ho Chi Minh's residence)

(World Heritage MOT Temple)