Hanoi on foot

Yesterday, I contacted an organization called Hanoi Free Private Tour Guide at my hotel's recommendation, signing myself up for a half-day walking tour of theirs that supposedly occurs every morning at 9am, which would take me around Hanoi's Old Quarter. This is not at all the tour I ended up going on, but that was …

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Lao history & culture

Morning marketThis morning, I stepped onto the street outside my hotel to find the morning food market bustling. The streets acted like a grocery store, with fruit, veggies, eggs, grains, fish, meat, and countless other food items available for purchase. Included as options were the freshest chicken possible (that is, alive) and having one's meat …

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