We did it. We found shoe street. Last night we tried to navigate to shoe street - or Hang Dao street - somehow turned right instead of left and ended up in Hang Dau street. The distinction may seem petty, but it was an important one as the two streets are a) miles away from each other and b) one is a street of shoes and the other is a street full of undies, cheap t shirts and enough hello kitty wallets for the entire world's population.
And because this is supposed to be a cultural experience - not a shopping trip, we then dragged the kids around the Museum of Ethnology, Hoam Kiem Lake and the Ngoc Son temple. The temple was incredible - peaceful and green. It was also teeming with tourists - but then other tourists probably say the same thing about us. One of the nicest thing about walking around the lake was being able to walk without the fear of being run over by a motor scooter. So far the footpaths around the lake have been the only paths in Hanoi we have found that are actually reserved for feet, rather than scooters. Speaking of footpaths, one of my favourite things here are the street sellers - you can buy anything from books to flowers to balloons to fruit. And they make fun photos... After our temple visit it was time for coffee. We've quickly become converts to Vietnamese iced coffee, which is drip-coffee served over ice with condensed milk. We turned our noses up when this was first described to us, but it only took one sip to convince us that coffee with condensed milk is as lemon & sugar is to pancakes. I tried to get a photo of my coffee but Dylan had other ideas, going for one of his legendary 'pop up' photo bombs and messing up the focus and the shot all in one go
Hanoi - information
What we did: Hoan Kiem Lake, the Museum of Ethnology, the Hanoi night markets Where we ate: Gia Ngu restaurant; Cong Caphe
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