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Hanoi, Vietnam
New foreign motorcycles fly past "tai chi" practitioners going through their slow, deliberate movements. Ho Chi Minh lies motionless as beautiful, historic Hanoi, with its tree-lined boulevards and lakeside pagodas, moves tentatively into the future. |
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Hanoi's personality combines the charming candor of a schoolgirl, the hardworking grit of a mechanic and the wisdom of a great aunt. It is a city in transition. Squashed between karaoke bars and travelers' cafes, elements of its French colonial past... [ more ] |
| To eat and drink in Hanoi is to taste the city's culture. The table, be it the plastic variety found in pho (noodle soup) sidewalk stalls or the taller and more substantial seen in restaurants, is a magnet for social interaction. Beyond your... [ more ] |
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