Hanoi

14 January 2013

We had one final day in Hanoi which we spent visiting the temple of literature and walking around the Ba Dinh district (after managing to get a cab driver thoroughly lost), before heading back to Hoan Kiem lake for an egg white coffee.

Nola Cafe in the Old Quarter of Hanoi.
Nola Cafe in the Old Quarter of Hanoi.
The "roof" of Nola Cafe.
The "roof" of Nola Cafe.
A character at the entrance to Hanoi's Temple of Literature.
A character at the entrance to Hanoi's Temple of Literature.
More flower arrangements in the temple of literture.
More flower arrangements in the temple of literture.
The altar in the temple of literature.
The altar in the temple of literature.
One of the inner courtyards.
One of the inner courtyards.
One of the inner courtyards.
One of the inner courtyards.
Students at a graduation in the Temple of Literature.
Students at a graduation in the Temple of Literature.
Bird cages hanging on the edge of one of the Ba Dinh district's many lakes.
Bird cages hanging on the edge of one of the Ba Dinh district's many lakes.

The wreckage of a downed American B52 in a lake in the Ba Dinh district.
The wreckage of a downed American B52 in a lake in the Ba Dinh district.
 
The fuselage with a tyre sticking up out of the water.
The fuselage with a tyre sticking up out of the water.

The stairs up to the top of a coffee shop famous for whipped egg white coffee.
The stairs up to the top of a coffee shop famous for whipped egg white coffee.