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Category: 4 TIPs – Living + Travel

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Carnation Girl - Hanoi Flower Market or Cho Quảng An.

4 TIPs - Living + Travel, flowers

Flower Market — Cho Quảng An, Tây Hồ, Hanoi

November 13, 2016 — 0 Comments

Blown up plastic toy street vendor sits on the side of the road with a massive array of toys for sale . . Was it for boy or a girl ?? For girls I have ducks, dolls, happy faces and mini mouse; and if it’s a boy I have giraffes, balls, ducks, fish, dinosaurs, wind mills or this sword and action man – it’s my best seller ! Pre-helmet law of 2007.

A Vietnamese street vendor has a beautiful red and gold display of Tet trinkets (lunar new year trinkets).

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, People, Pop culture, Shopping

Street Hawkers/Vendors

October 17, 2016 — 0 Comments

Check out Highlands on the 3rd floor, top of Hoan Kiem Lake Hanoi - excellent view of the traffic, lake and people.

Ca Phe Xe Co on Hang Bun Street, near Trúc Bạch Lake celebrates motorbiking, don't try this at home !! 3 people riding a motorbike or should I say sitting, standing and doing acrobatics on the bike holding a red flag while it is driven.

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel

Vietnamese Coffee

October 6, 2016 — 2 Comments

The crowds have thinned out as people head home for dinner on a summers night - but the place to be for ice cream lovers. Mini traffic jam created in the name of tradition - Kem Tràng Tiền (Trang Tien Icecrea) - 35 Tràng Tiền Street, Hà Nội

Inside you park, buy, eat then leave.

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Food, Traditions

Kem Tràng Tiền – Trang Tien Icecream

September 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Everything you ever learnt at home about crossing the road, it is probably best to forget in Hanoi. Also forget this as a strategy to cross the road, no one takes any notice of these, plus you probably didn't bring the right hat and it is very unlikely that anyone is going to stop while you cross the road.

A foreigner is crossing on the pedestrian crossing but keeping a close eye on the lady driver who is on the phone.

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Driving, Transport, Travel

Crossing the road – get across alive

September 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Nem Ran or deep fried spring rolls at Quan An Ngon Restaurant, 18 Phan Bội Châu, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội,

Nem rán / Nem ran at Happy House Restaurant on 1 Trấn Vũ, Trúc Bạch, Hà Nội on Truc Bac Lake, each place makes them look slightly different !!

4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Food

Spring Rolls – Gỏi cuốn (fresh) or Nem rán (fried)

September 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Bún bò Nam Bộ / Bun Bo Nam Bo - Sautéed beef on bún noodles, southern style, but sounds more like words of a song to me !!

4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Food

Bún bò Nam Bộ / Bun Bo Nam Bo

September 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Bún chả sign

4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Food

Bún chả / Bun Cha = noodles + vege + herbs + broth + pork plus 12 Bún dishes

September 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Large pots cooking over charcoal

Breakfast rush is over and so is most of the food !! A good stock maker makes all the difference to the dish, this can take days with multiple steps.

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Food

Pho / Phở – Noodle soup Pho Ga / Pho Bo

September 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Ingredients for Vietnamese cooking

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Food, history

History of Vietnamese Food + Essential Ingredients

September 24, 2016 — 0 Comments

Handymen advertising !

Mother and baby portrait has a lovely graffiti as a back drop.

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Jobs, People

Graffiti

September 24, 2016 — 0 Comments

Health Tonic Maker in shop

4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Animals + Birds, Natural Health

Health + Natural Health

September 24, 2016 — 0 Comments

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Cultural Understanding, People, Travel

Tips for Photographing Folks

September 24, 2016 — 0 Comments

At half time at the footy match this man enjoys a cigarette.

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Natural Health, People, Statistics

Smoking

September 23, 2016 — 0 Comments

On a cold Hanoi day, this fuel attendant fills up guy, once done push bike out of the area, be well away from stand before you start your bike.

Lined up ready to refuel.

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Transport

Refueling your motorbike

January 31, 2016 — 0 Comments

Tet - Sampler box makes a good gift, Hanoi, Vietnam.

If you are business in Vietnam ensure you personally distribute Tet gift baskets to your clients.

3 Expats + Business Travel, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Beliefs, Business, Cultural Understanding, Food, Traditions

Tet Gifts + Business + Dates

January 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

2010 prices - I used to get a big confused looking at all of these numbers, all you need to look at is the one on the left. It shows 26.0, which means VND26,000 (usd$1.15), Hanoi, Vietnam.

4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Money Currency, Transport

Taxis in Hanoi – 2010

January 17, 2016 — 0 Comments

The ratio of bikes to cars used to be 1 car to 100 bikes, Vietnam statistics.

4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Driving, history, Transport

History – cars + bikes

January 17, 2016 — 0 Comments

Mighty Toyota Corona, lives on and on - learner driver car, Hanoi, Vietnam.

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Cultural Understanding, Driving, Transport

Learner Drivers – XE TẬP LÁI

January 17, 2016 — 0 Comments

Propaganda posters have become the new art !! Hanoi, Vietnam

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Cultural Understanding, Pop culture, Propaganda, Traditions

Propaganda – 2010

January 12, 2016 — 0 Comments

Tet trinkets (lunar new year trinkets). This Vietnamese street vendor in Hanoi sells small items to support herself and family. Be very kind and respectful when bargaining with people as this is her livelihood.

1 VERY Vietnam, 2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Cultural Understanding, Food

Bargaining

January 7, 2016 — 0 Comments

Sweet - almost like currency, if the small vendor does not have enough small change they will give you a sweet instead of the change. It's a bit confusing the first time, Hanoi Vietnam

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Money Currency, Shopping, Street vendor / sales

Sweets are currency

January 7, 2016 — 0 Comments

1 million Vietnamese Dong - thanks to XE Currency Converter - http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1000000&From=VND&To=USD

3 Expats + Business Travel, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Money Currency

Become a millionaire !

January 7, 2016 — 0 Comments

Vietnamese Dong currency conversion chart of actual exchange rates and rounded conversions for both US$ and NZD $ - so they are easier to remember. January 2016 - check rates yourself, this is just an example of how to stop the currency confusion :-D

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Money Currency

Confusion – exchange rate

January 7, 2016 — 0 Comments

Christmas in Hanoi - outside a stationery shop, Rudolf has had a funky makeover as now silver with a purple nose !! Hanoi,Vietnam.

3 Expats + Business Travel, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, Pop culture, Shopping, Street vendor / sales, Tourist Spots

Christmas Time in Hanoi

January 6, 2016 — 0 Comments

God of the North at Quan Thanh Temple, Hanoi - this bronze statue was made in 1677, 4 meters high and weighs almost 4 tonne.

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, Historic sites, history

Temple or Pagoda ?? + respect

January 6, 2016 — 0 Comments

It's a traffic jam from hell !! A complete gridlock, the old road at Lac Long Quan, Hanoi was being upgraded and everyone wants to get home. Luckily the guy on the bicycle can carry his bike through the masses to get out of this mess.

4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Cultural Understanding, Driving, Pop culture, Transport

Driving Tips

January 2, 2016 — 0 Comments

My specialty store sells: hair bands, hair clips, hair ties, combs, mirrors, gloves, tissues, key rings, face masks, nail files, pens, ear pickers, lighters, notebooks, toothbrushes, scissors, combs, belts, razors, and wallets. This woman must walk plenty of miles from her home to town. Please be polite when talking to vendors as they are only trying to make money for their family, Hanoi, Vietnam

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Cultural Understanding, Pop culture, Shopping, Street vendor / sales

Wanna buy ??? Hoan Kiem Lake

January 2, 2016 — 0 Comments