Hanoi : a provincial capital
We arrived in Hanoi on Saturday, very late at night. Sunday was a very, very calm day. No appointments, after 4 we had on Saturday in Saigon and afterwards the plane to Hanoi, I swam 1km in the huge pool of a luxurious hotel. The afternoon was entirely reserved to a long walk around the lake. Abundance of beautiful villas, some of which seem to have been uprooted from Deauville, while those beside you remind instead the Promenade of Englishmen … below a slum, from afar a pagoda reflected in a lake.
Hanoi has the charm of a provincial town increased by the architectural structure and effect of a capital. I just made a reservation at a restaurant which claims to have 1000 oenological references!
Both cities have decidedly different advantages – How can I tie?
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Posted on mon., 29 sep. 2008 10:25 by flasnier (100 day(s) old) | |||||||
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