Where is Here

Hanoi is unlike any place. Huge, busy, smells of unknown origin, and steamy. We took our first walk about while our hotel was prepping our room. We went with the flow in search of a recommended afternoon treat.

We nibbled on salty, sweet, sour, spicy mango slices, as we walked south along Hoa Kiem Lake.

 

Gus found Valhalla, until he realized that the prices were about the same as home. Spirits dwindled as our jet lag set in but when we found the sweetest little corner store everyone perked up.

 

Sweet sticky rice with coconut ice cream, and che (a crazy concoction of beans, sweet agar gel, coconut milk, and ice) refueled us for the walk back to our home in Hanoi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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