We sleep in this morning and then venture out towards the Ngoc Son (Jade Moutain) Temple on Hoan Kiem Lake. We walk by loads of galleries and nice stores on the way there. Every street as a specialty which informs its name – so there’s “altar” street, “silk” street etc. It’s just like street food, everybody is specialized.
We’re getting quite good at crossing the street, at a steady pace, leaving the army of mopeds to weave around us - it takes a while to do this confidently!
At meal times, more than anywhere else in Vietnam, it seems that Hanoi’s pavements are all parked up with motorbikes and mopeds, and little portable kitchens bring together huddles of people eating Pho, drinking tea, snacking on pumpkin seeds, or having dinner. This means that we generally have to walk on the street whilst trying to keeps out of the way of the endlessly tooting traffic – this definitely makes us a lot more aware of our environment!
We have an early dinner at Highway 4 – incredibly, the place was packed by 6:30pm! We have some delicious pork meatballs in rice pancakes, battered prawns and vegetable tempura and walk home happy.
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