West Lake is the biggest lake of the City of Hanoi. There are so many legends around it. Here some: One legend suggests that West Lake was shaped after the battle between Lac Long Quan and a night-tail fox spirit, that’s why the lake was once called “Fox Corpse Swamp”.Another folk story claimed that original name […]
Hanoi
Soccer or Badminton?
I just discovered that badminton is very popular here in Hanoi.Walking around the city, especially in the afternoon when kids get out of school, you’ll find real tournaments, not just small improvised games. Yesterday I walked with Roselyn to this very big park the Lenin Park, south east from the Center and Hoan Kiem Lake. […]
Funky Town
Today the sun is up and warm, like a spring day in Brooklyn or in Rome, but still it is December. We decided to go back to Koto for lunch (a not-for-profit restaurant and vocational training program that is changing the lives of street and disadvantaged youth in Vietnam). Terry and Arpi brought us here and […]
KH CAT B TONG
This is one of the most interesting things I saw around in HaNoi. It is advertisement for construction companies which, pretty much just break concrete. But instead of designing, printing and sticking posters around, they just create one stencil and then they spry paint it with different colors. Cheap and very cool for me, even […]
GoooodMorning Vietnam
I know it is probably cheesy, but I had to have it on my blog! The apt we rented is huge: 2 beds, 2 baths, a studio, dining, living and a kitchen. Me Daniele and our friend “Gino the Cockroach” live happily together…(AAAAARRRRGGHHHHH).We are a little South of the Old Quarter (Pho Co, the Center […]
The trip
And here we are! After just 30-32 hours of pain (I don’t quite remember…) we’re finally in freaking Vietnam, and it is awesome. So the trip was smooth (as much as a trip like this can be),Wed Dec 7th 3.45am: we woke up4.45 the Greenride bus picked us up8.19 our first flight to LAJust 2 […]