Tagged: hanoi

The Sunday Six: Hanoi With Kids

1: Play at Ho Tay Waterpark We defy any child visiting Hanoi — and plenty of adults, for that matter — not to enjoy the...

Putting the Graphic into Ethnographic

As you can probably tell from the picture the Vietnamese Museum of Ethnography in Hanoi offers infinitely more fun than the rather cumbersome title would...

Joss sticks (incense sticks) ageing in a factory, North Vietnam.

Making Incense, Vietnam

Incense is part of daily life in Vietnam. Joss sticks are offered at the altars which grace every business and almost every home, sold by...

motorbike cylinder with frangipani flower.

Madam, Your Husband…

“Madam,” said the chap on the scooter, eyeing the motorbike erratically parked some distance from the wrong hire shop (and, indeed, the pavement) with a...

The Red Queen

The Red Queen

It’s the weekend on Cat Ba island, not to mention the Vietnamese summer, which means there’s a vibe on the beach I can best characterize...

Trees and reflecting pool in the Temple of Literature, Hanoi, Vietnam

Summer in Hanoi

Hanoi turns one thousand years old this year, and the city’s just on the cusp of summer. The point where the heat begins to turn...

Cab Journey from Hell #1

Cab Journey from Hell #1

I really thought, by now, after over four months in Asia and experience with virtually every taxi scam permutation known to man, my naïve London...