Fine Arts Museum (Bao Tang My Thuat) Hanoi

oday, we had a slow day because Henry and I are still recovering.

We had mien luon at Mien Luon Tan Ton for lunch. It was nice, especially since it was cold, but it wasn't very flavourful. Mien luon, like pho, doesn't have much flavour anyway, so the dish was
mostly dominated by the scent of fried breadsticks. 7.5/10

We went …

Aangekomen in Hanoi neem ik voor de eerste keer sinds ik in Vietnam ben een taxi – naar m'n hostel – en word ik meteen vet afgezet…het moet je toch eens gebeuren hier! Ik dacht dat ik de meter goed in de gaten had, maar ze wachten totdat je heel even wegkijkt en ineens is zowel de afstand en het bedrag ineens verdubbeld! En meneer …

felt a bit better this morning, but not by much, still had diarrhea, but its mostly gone.
morning, argued about what to due because of mis-information between us, resolved as soon as we stopped and checked.

went to find cho 19-12, but arrived at the roa only to find tall office towers and banks, not the place to find a market.
We …

When we arrived in Hanoi early Wednesday morning, we were greeted by hot rain. Nice! We knew Hanoi had a lot of taxi and hotel scams, but sure enough, we took the first taxi we saw in our bleary-eyed state. We didn't realize it until later but his meter was rigged and he took the long way to our hostel. $5 instead of $2 like it should've been. …

Arrived in Hanoi in the dark morning, with rain showers. Got a fraudulent taxi (2-3x more than it should have been--they fix their meters to run faster) to the hostel and slept in the lobby. So far, Hanoi sucks. I was also sick--coughing, sneezing, and oozing boogies. Hooray!!!!

When the sun came out, we walked around town. It was very …

Driving from the airport to Hanoi... was INSANE. Literally insane. Cars and motorbikes converging from everywhere, turning wherever they wanted, and filling every available space. It was worse than China by a long stretch, and that is saying something! It was a miracle we made it there alive.

Hanoi is the capital city of 'nam, but it's not …

... exploring. Starting with visits to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, the one-pillar pagoda, the Temple of Literature, the Fine Arts Museum, Tran Quoc Pagoda and the Museum of Ethnology. We will tour the old quarter by "cyclo" (a three wheeled ...

... and rustic. Lots more history here too. Uncle Ho's body is laid out in a mausoleum for everyone to gawk at. Went to the fine arts museum - far superior to the SG version, it was a 'Great Sucess' as Borat would say (got a copy of that the other day, ...

... another century at time. Along with this informal art, there are amazing museums. I was impressed by the beauty of the Fine Art Museum, with its amazing collection of Buddhas. And if I get impressed after 3 months of Buddhas statues served in all the ...

... chemicals. It was, of course, pretty one sided, but not as much propaganda as we'd expected. We also went to the Fine Arts museum, a really pretty old building in a state of neglect, which had, amongst other things, lots of modern art all related to ...

... had Bun Cha (YUM!) for lunch and Jami broke her vegetarianism to sample this dish. On Sunday we got a big surprise after the Hanoi Fine Arts Museum. We decided to drive down Yen Phu street and pick up as much fruit that they'd never had and go to a ...

... crossroads, manned by 8 uniformed officers directing traffic all on my own! There are some great sights in Hanoi too - Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, The Fine Art museum, Museum of literature and we ate in a fab restaurant which is a precursor to Jamie Oliver's ...

... ! I have spent the last couple of days just taking it easy and seeing some of the sights of Hanoi. Yesterday I went to the Fine Arts Museum, which housed sculptures and carvings from as early as the 10th century; it was interesting to see that some ...

... the other Ho Chi Minh aka Uncle Ho places of interest are closed on Friday. Ugh!   We went to the Fine Arts museum which is located in an old colonial building. The displays are organized chronologically from prehistoric to modern. There are some ...

... ponds of koi and generally hung out and were incredible groovy.  Today it’s an oasis wedged between the fine arts museum and the railway station.  The huge stone tablets dedicated to the professors of this university are perched on the ...

... when Mandy decided to take photos of some of the children. After leaving the Temple of Literature we visited the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.  As you might expect the modern paintings had themes such as the army fighting the American aggressors and ...