Hanoi Old Quarter

Hanoi is a beautiful city, decked in autumn colours and red Vietnam flags. The streets are lined with beautiful trees and are full of crazy motorcyclists! Crossing the road may be a little unnerving at first, but you soon get used to it. Walking around the Old quarter is a treat, just to see the many temples and the lake at the centre of the town.


Museum of Ethnology
It has artifacts and depictions of the lifestyles of the different Vietnamese ethnic groups.

Old Quarter and streets of Hanoi

Hoan Kiem Lake

Hoan Kiem Lake in the Old Quarter, is a calm and beautiful place to walk about or relax. The place was decorated with balloons to celebrate the lunar new year. In the middle of the lake is an islet reached by a red wooden bridge. On the islet stands a temple called the Ngoc Son Temple, or the Temple of the Jade Mountain.

Bridge called "The Flood of Morning Sunlight"

Ngoc Son temple

Local people burn fake money to send to their ancestors in the other world

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and house

School outing

Temples

One Pillar Pagoda

Temple of Literature

A dragon supports the incense stick holder

Lotus is the national flower of Vietnam

Local people praying and making incense offerings at the Hanoi Tran Quoc Pagoda