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Welcome to my "best of"-selection of my trip to Vietnam and Cambodia in July/August...
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The St. Joseph's Cathedral in Hanoi was built in 1886, after the Nguyen King officially handed the...
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In Hanoi's historic "old town", 36 streets are named after the guilds. Famous is the "silk street", Hang Gai.
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The Vietnamese like it colorful and tacky... This brighly lit bridge in Hoan Kiem Lake leads to the...
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Traffic never ceases in Hanoi, and most of it moves on two wheels. The "cyclos" are popular with tourists.
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View from the Cityview Cafe's balcony over the big roundabout and Hang Dao Street on the northern lakefront.
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The flagtower behind a captured US chopper (for the buffs of you, it's a UH-1H...
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This US aircraft (Douglas AD-6 A-1H Skyraider) was seized on the very last day of the Vietnam War, April 30, 1975, near Saigon.
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From Hanoi, it's not far to famous Halong Bay, where about a million tourist junks crowd...
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The limestone islands where formed 5000-2000 BC by erosion procedures.
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There are about 2000 of these karst islands, which are nearly all covered in dense jungle vegetation.
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Some of the islands are hollow and form beautiful caves. The Vietnamese don't flinch...
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Imagine the crowds that are moving thru the cave like inside a New York subway station around 5 pm. :o(
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Colorful boats in a fishing village in Halong Bay.
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