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. […]
VIETNAM
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 […]
-1: packing
This morning we woke up and my MAC told me: “Are you sure you want to go out? Check the temperature outside…“. I did… We’re kind of super ready to skip a month of (real) winter. Yes because everywhere you read: “Ha Noi is in the north of Vietnam, you should expect low temperature, or […]
-16 The LIST
Closer and closer to December 7th the Countdown keeps going. It’s time for the LIST. The first and only things I really don’t want to leave home are my MAC and my camera (after the passport and the ticket…of course I want to leave the Country first…!). Other than that I’m kind of confused too… […]
-19: the Preparation
It is incredible but true…in about twenty days we’re going to be on a flight to Hanoi… well, kind of… We’re going to be on flight for the LA or SF (I’m still confused about), then a flight to Seoul and then finally the last flight to Hanoi.24 hours of a pleasant and comfy travel on […]