i started the day with a walking tour through the old City. we started at a temple that was mafe for a white horse that helped the king build the wall around the old city. next stop was the old city gate and then the Dong Xuan Market - the local food and clothes market. lots of produce here including pigs brain, half dead but still alive seafood, dried fish, fruit and veg and weasel coffee! we navigated the windy, busy streets of Hanoi full pf scooters beeping and people! shops were filled from floor to ceiling selling everything uou could ever want! we ended the tour at Hoan Kiem Lake in the middle of the old coty. a gorgeous spacious area with a wee red bridge and temple in the middle of it. afyer a lunch of spring rolls i had a walk by myself around the lake and took a pit stop at a cafe to cool down, refresh and watch Brave! delightful! i then made my way back to the hostel via St Joseph Cathedral and for a quick drink with Silyio and Renne...they were just passing througj on their way from Halomg Bay to Hue! I went via The Blue Butterfly restaurant to book a cooking vourse and ended up having dinner with two Finnish girls Lisa and Sandra. They were lovely and after dinner we had a walk around the night markets. it was SO hot and humid...11pm it was 40degrees and sp hazy - you could see all the mpistire in the aor!
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