Museum of History (Bao Tang Lich Su) Hanoi

We awake full of energy and excitement. Today we set out to explore the old quarter of Hanoi. We already adore this city and are eager to have a good look about. We fill up on sweet Vietnamese coffee, pop our flip flops on, pocket the free map from the hotel and cast ourselves adrift in the city.

The old quarter is a maze of streets, each …

The flight from Bangkok was only 1.5hrs. When we landed the airport was manic! Hundreds of people waiting. I'd read somewhere that taxi drivers pay immigration for the names of passengers and write them on cardboard so you think it's your transfer. So I was glad the person holding the card with my name on had the name of the hotel on and a uniform …

After our return from Halong Bay and the fiasco that is tourism in Vietnam, we were glad to be back in Hanoi, doing things on our own terms.

We had a quick freshen up and then after some tea went with Andrew and our other new friends from the boat epic to see the Water Puppet show at the theatre. It is a centuries old tradition that used …

The traffic in Hanoi is as mental as ever! Motorbikes carry entire families, perched precariously on every inch of available space. They, along with taxis and trucks, weave in and out of the pedestrians, disregarding any and all traffic signals. Crossing the road is an epic adventure, with traffic heading towards you in all directions. The only way …

After waking up a bit late i left the hotel and walked around the old quarter for a few hours then decided to go for some ice cream at Fannys Ice cream parlour just by the hoan kiem late which were recommended by my friends Samit and Binita.

There was so much to choose and i ended up going for the sushi looking ice cream with a nice ice …

... with our camera!), so we didn't stay for very long. Instead, we went to look at the Opera House and the Museum of History, although we didn't actually go into either one, but enjoyed their architecture (J: And when Missy says "enjoyed" she means it ...

Rachel was very sick once we reached Hanoi, so we had to cut our tour of the city short.  We did get to visit Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, the one pillar pagoda, a temple, and the museum of ...

... Lo Prison (known as the Hanoi Hilton), Temple of Literature (heard some cool traditional music there), National Museum of History (half closed due to renovations!). I felt Hanoi is crazy place that can wear you down - the noise is relentless and not a ...

... days and were getting withdrawal symptoms), had a look at the imposing Catholic Cathedral, and spent an hour in the Museum of History, which contained the standard bafflingly random assortment of old and new. For our last night we decided to experience ...

... keep offering their service every 10m, but in spite of this all you feel somehow comfortably here. Hanoi is a city of many museums. I visited a museum of history, Ho Chi Minh museum, museum of ethnology and presidential palace. Highlight of your ...

... at anything. Found it was nice to get some practice in after such a break from training.   Day 8 - Vietnam Museum of History, French Quarter Decided should do something today even though the weather had turned crappy again and it was raining ...

... , going around with the boy-motorbiketaxy and saw the mausoleum of the heroe and former President Ho Chi Minh, a museum of history and art, a garden with american weapons and military planes of the '70 war against U.S.A., a revolution museum, walked ...

... ticked and an additional 15,000 VND for taking photos). After a bit of time at the revolution museum i then went to the museum of history for the same amount as above. This i found to be much more interesting with a specific area about the dragons ...

... see it. We plan to come to the lake on New Year (tet) to watch the fireworks. Afterwards we looked at our map and the Museum of History was not too far away so we grabbed a tuk tuk there. Peter haggled the driver down to about £1, and he rode us all ...

... kept Betty up due to its strength, but did not stop Howard and Minna from falling asleep fast. We went to the Museum of History and finally understand the history of the various colonial powers and when they were here. The French were here from the mid ...