Subject: Post: <p>This was unexpected. Neither one of us happened to check how is the weather in Hanoi and we were expecting some nice and warm tropical weather. Was quite a surprise at the airport to realize it's +11C and we are in shorts... Had to buy a hat and gloves later in the city.</p><p></p><p>Hanoi surprised me quite a bit. I never checked any pictures or anything of the city and I was expecting something similar to Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur or other Asian capitals. I guess the socialist history and cooperation with Soviet Union have left it's mark, as the city architecture and feeling is somehow very soviet outside the old town. It's like we landed somewhere in the eastern Europe. The old quarters are more Asian, but still different from all the other Asian cities we have been so far. Very interesting.</p><p></p><p>Tested a Vietnamese restaurant too. Interesting food and an interesting way of eating it. There's a lot of vegetables in the food and you eat it kind of like tacos. Take a rice paper sheet, make it moist by rubbing it with a lettuce and then pile vegetables and meat on it, roll it and dip in sauce when eating. </p><p></p><p>We arrived late, so we just walked a bit around the nearby area and obtained Vietnamese SIM cards. Tomorrow more sightseeing.</p> Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
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