Army Museum Hanoi

28A Dien Bien Phu St., Hanoi , Vietnam - Phone: 04/823-4264

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    Chinook Pilot

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    We woke up this morning ready to check out Hanoi. Just as we were ready to hit the town we got a very confusing phone call from the original hotel we were supposed to stay at. After a while it became apparent she was trying to tell us the rest of the group had arrived. We headed down the road to see Downo, Rach, Ben B, Julie, Jules and Arron. We …

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    Lost in a country's military past.

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    We read about the "Hoa Loa Museum", and it seemed pretty exciting, especially with a mix of brutal torturing devices as well as stories about the incarceration of ex-american soldiers (most notably John McCain) Hence we headed there after the "The Temple of Literature" -- and so we thought...

    We were greeted by a very angry woman at the …

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    Hannoying

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    So we flew to Hanoi, Vietnam. From the moment we got off the plane, we realized why the Lonely Planet guidebook dedicated so many blurbs and textboxes to info about scams and the myriad of hassles and madness in Hanoi. For example:

    We get off the plane. We are prepared for the aggressive taxi drivers. We are prepared for the hotel scams. …

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    Nothing is open in this place!

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    ... a photographic exhibition which had some really amazing and award winning photos. After an hour or so inside we headed to the Army Museum taking in a monument of Lenin along the way. Unfortunetly our bad luck continued and the museum was closed for ...

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    Beautiful...City

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    ... shot down 2500 US planes! Best exhibit was probably the captured Huey helicopter, all decked out in commie colors. Onto the army museum - same theme, heroic struggle against the imperialists, and lots of tanks, missiles and guns! Also went to a ...

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    UNESCO sites and a human zoo

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    ... plenty of opportunities to see how the Vietnamese put one over on both the French and the Americans. I therefore went to the Army Museum, which gives the Vietnamese version of history of the country since the 1930s; the very modern no-expense-spared Ho ...

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    Hanoi!

    ... nice and I've also been to another couple of lakes at the north of the city. Also walked around Hanoi today to see the Ho Chi Minh Mausaleum, Army Museum, Flag Tower, One Pillar Pagoda and St Joseph's Cathedral - kind of the main sites in Hanoi. I'm ...

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    Hanoi

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    ... place was full of students rubbing the heads of all the stone turtles for luck in their upcoming exams. We also visited the Army museum. All the captured US helicopters, tanks, rockets were all proudly on view. In the afternoon we enjoyed a walk ...

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    Organized Chaos

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    ... . It was hard to resist returning to the same venue day after day! Hanoi also offered its' share of tourist attractions. There was a great army museum, not far from Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and parks. When in the mood for a show, a Water Puppet show was ...

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    Sunshine and Uncle Ho

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    ... the corkage for the 15 beers Sammy bought for all of us.     Things to do and see in Hanoi:   Army Museum   A bit like the war museum in Saigon; basically a propaganda exercise (complete with FREE English speaking guides who ...

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    Arrival in Vietnam - cool weather at last!

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    ... in Vietnamese but we got the gist of what was going on.  We also made it to the Army Museum (by cyclo again) which was interesting to get Vietnam's viewpoint of the 'American War'.  There were lots of crashed plane parts, helmets, boots etc so ...

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    Hanoi - a vibrant but completely insane city

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    ... bit oriented, and to sort out our planned cruise at Halong Bay. The second day we planned to visit either the Army Museum or Ethnology Museum, but both were closed on Mondays (along with several other places of interest).  Argh!   We did ...

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    In the 'Nam

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    ... . I suppose they've a lot to be greatful to him for. He's the founding father of the independant nation of Vietnam. I then went to see the Army Museum and they've got some excellent artefacts from the wars with the French and then the USA. Outside they ...