Today we also wake up exceptionally early! why u may be asking... becoz, we've got lots of sights to see in Hanoi before heading to our next destination: Luang Prabang.
So this morning, we waked up very early to head to Ho Chin Min Mausoleum. hahaha.... yeah, we're going there to pay our respects to 'Uncle Ho' as how the Vietnamese pple address him. today is exceptionally cold. When the wind blows, even with our jackets on, we're still shivering.... and my frens juz kept commenting 'samui! samui!' (tat's cold in jap)... hahaha... but we got no choice.... and we were so kiasu (don't want to loose to others), that we were there before the gates were open to allow visitors!
becoz cameras and bags were not allow to be carried into the mausoleum, therefore we are not able to take any pictures of Uncle Ho. Hmmm... even when u stand too long at a position looking at him in his glass coffin is not allowed, the soldiers will be grabbing u tightly on ur arm urging u on... and also we're not allowed to speak in the mausoleum.... talk abt respecting the dead... this is really respecting the dead....
after tat we went to a coffee shop juz across the street and tasted vietnamese tea & coffee!!! hahaha... yeah this is something tat all of us agreed upon that we must try everything from that country! after our tete a tete, we walked around a market nearby and looked at things and purchase things... hahhaha... and even ate at a roadside stall admist the houseflies and garbage tat was juz next to the stall.... all of us ordered some pork soup with noddles in it.... despite the sort of dirty environment, the food was really gd!!!
hahaha.... this is really immersing ourselves with the locals.... we also tried a sort of rice pudding with some meat inside it... tasted pretty nice and we also talked (as in super broken english) with the locals sitting on the low stools looking at the woman who prepared the rice pudding...
after all these interesting episodes, we went to the Temple of Literature... yeah... this is the 1st university in Vietnam. why is it called a temple, because, the scholars who studied there in the past, prayed to confucious so that they are able to do very well in their examinations. and why literature, because, its the only place where scholars are able to get their Phd!! =D
walking along the streets of Hanoi will allow one to see many many ineteresting things... hmmm... perhaps to me... coz there was 1 street whereby i saw many huge oblong objects that were hanged on the wall... it took me a while to register what are those objects on the wall... take a look at it and guess....
Yeah! they are the seats of the motorcycles or scooters!! hahaha... interesting isn't it??
and also another very interesting sight and also a very common sight is, the buildings in Hanoi are all very tall and thin and along on the sides... hahaha... very interesting... u only get to see these sort of building in Hanoi and no where else...
then another very interesting thing about the building that was next to my guesthouse is, everyday we smell a sort of spicy smell in our room...took us a bit of time to figure out wat that smell was... and guess wat? hahaha... it was the smell of incense sticks!
So this morning, we waked up very early to head to Ho Chin Min Mausoleum. hahaha.... yeah, we're going there to pay our respects to 'Uncle Ho' as how the Vietnamese pple address him. today is exceptionally cold. When the wind blows, even with our jackets on, we're still shivering.... and my frens juz kept commenting 'samui! samui!' (tat's cold in jap)... hahaha... but we got no choice.... and we were so kiasu (don't want to loose to others), that we were there before the gates were open to allow visitors!
becoz cameras and bags were not allow to be carried into the mausoleum, therefore we are not able to take any pictures of Uncle Ho. Hmmm... even when u stand too long at a position looking at him in his glass coffin is not allowed, the soldiers will be grabbing u tightly on ur arm urging u on... and also we're not allowed to speak in the mausoleum.... talk abt respecting the dead... this is really respecting the dead....
after tat we went to a coffee shop juz across the street and tasted vietnamese tea & coffee!!! hahaha... yeah this is something tat all of us agreed upon that we must try everything from that country! after our tete a tete, we walked around a market nearby and looked at things and purchase things... hahhaha... and even ate at a roadside stall admist the houseflies and garbage tat was juz next to the stall.... all of us ordered some pork soup with noddles in it.... despite the sort of dirty environment, the food was really gd!!!
hahaha.... this is really immersing ourselves with the locals.... we also tried a sort of rice pudding with some meat inside it... tasted pretty nice and we also talked (as in super broken english) with the locals sitting on the low stools looking at the woman who prepared the rice pudding...
after all these interesting episodes, we went to the Temple of Literature... yeah... this is the 1st university in Vietnam. why is it called a temple, because, the scholars who studied there in the past, prayed to confucious so that they are able to do very well in their examinations. and why literature, because, its the only place where scholars are able to get their Phd!! =D
walking along the streets of Hanoi will allow one to see many many ineteresting things... hmmm... perhaps to me... coz there was 1 street whereby i saw many huge oblong objects that were hanged on the wall... it took me a while to register what are those objects on the wall... take a look at it and guess....
Yeah! they are the seats of the motorcycles or scooters!! hahaha... interesting isn't it??
and also another very interesting sight and also a very common sight is, the buildings in Hanoi are all very tall and thin and along on the sides... hahaha... very interesting... u only get to see these sort of building in Hanoi and no where else...
then another very interesting thing about the building that was next to my guesthouse is, everyday we smell a sort of spicy smell in our room...took us a bit of time to figure out wat that smell was... and guess wat? hahaha... it was the smell of incense sticks!
yup! not joking...coz it was on the 2nd day of the morning, we heard some noise coming from the roof top of the next building, then we was a lady laying out lots of joss sticks on the roof top to sun! and that's when the smell started to get really strong! hahaha.... so we managed to solve our mystery of the spicy scent in our room.....
another thing tat we crazy gals wanted to try in each country was their local beer... hahaha... yeah tat's wat we did on our last night in Hanoi, despite the packing of our bags.... and my frens are reallygd drinkers... hahaha... wat can u expect?? coz all of them are japanese... so naturally, they shld be pretty gd drinkers... and harumi and I are the only ones who will turn lobster red once we consume alcohol....
hahaha... this tells us tat we can't really bluff our way through in our lies in not consuming any alcohol huh... =D
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