Destinations

Lo Kau Foo | David Clement Davies | Vietnam, Central Coast, Hanoi

The Lo Kau Foo was tasteless, but more appealing than many Vietnamese dishes we encountered. The night before, 'Pox' had appeared on the menu. Shrimps too - fried in 'Butler'. The syphilis turned out to be fox

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Hanoi Meals (with Added Bite) | David Atkinson | Vietnam, Central Coast, Hanoi

As we dismounted from our motorbikes, we were greeted by the unmistakable yelps of dogs being slaughtered

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Rev it up in Vietnam | David Atkinson | Vietnam, Central Coast, Hanoi

As I strapped my backpack to the bike and wiped the grime off my helmet’s visor on a sunny Hanoi morning, I knew I wasn’t in for a five star luxury

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Hanoi and Halong Bay | Julie Miller | Vietnam, Central Coast, Hanoi

The trick to crossing the road in Vietnam is not to look. Forget about the blasting horns, the motorbikes zooming past, the sea of vehicles – simply step out into the fray, in blind faith.

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The Turtle of Hoan Kiem Lake | Simon Busch | Vietnam, Central Coast, Hanoi

Many eateries in Hanoi cater to culinarily petrified westerners; avoid these second-rate establishments and, for a casual meal, at least, pull up a stool at a street stall among the Vietnamese

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Hanoi | Bradley Winterton | Vietnam, Central Coast, Hanoi

Vietnam is no longer an isolated Marxist state and former war-zone, but is again what it long was under French rule, one of the most attractive destinations in all Southeast Asia

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