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Amazing having a Hanoi local with you and how undisturbed they are by "dog meat restaurant row".. About 20 restaurants that all sell dog delicacies



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One of the many restaurants that specialize in dog meat




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Tails



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Body meat



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Ngon restaurant in Hanoi doesnt have any dog on the menu thank God, just great food



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Great food















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One of the most unusual things you won't see in many cities is an American B 52 Bomber in the middle of a city in a lake.



It's the remains of an American B 52 bomber that was shot down on 19th December, 1972 & landed in the lake (Hanoi Hun Tiep Lake) in the middle of Hanoi City. Research says 4 crew members bailed out & became Pow's, 2 other crew members were killed.



Its a really absurd sight in the middle of some beautiful Hanoi houses!




Boeing B-52D Stratofortress
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Landing gear still poking out of the water to the right



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The famous "Hanoi Hilton" -- Hoa Lo Prison -- Maison Centrale De Hoa Lo.


Maybe the most famous, historical political prison and PoW prison from the Vietnam War


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Built in 1896, it was the largest of the French colonial prisons, doesnt look like a good place to end up

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American PoW John McCain's flying suit captured after he crashed and ended up in the Hanoi Hilton on display



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A sewer grate which many passed through and escaped from the prison on display


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A French guillotine in the prison from old days


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The heads


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.... more to come
 
The Ethnic Museum in Hanoi is well worth a visit


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With numerous ethnic groups, many associated with Laos, China & Thailand, they illustrate their burial rituals and other traditions. Below a burial ceremony


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Some great old pictures


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Pounding the rice husk by hand


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Filtering water



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A water buffalo killed for a festival



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Ancient tall house from the Bana tribal group



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Traditional cooking methods


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Tumi luggage


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Gaps under the entrance to let the heat out of the houses & full wooden shutters to keep the cold out


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A Bana tribe tall house'


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Wicker bamboo construction lets the heat out quickly


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An Ede tribal long house where large familes would have lived together



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Inside



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In 1899, the French construction company Daydé & Pillé of Paris, started to build the magnificent Long Bien Bridge that spans the Red River. It is 2.4km in length. Trains still use the bridge to travel from Hanoi to Lao Khai Cai.



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When you look at it, it goes on forever, starting way back from the banks of the Red River



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One of the longest bridges in Asia. For the French colonial government, the construction was of strategic importance in securing control of northern Vietnam. From 1899 to 1902, more than 3,000 Vietnamese took part in the construction.



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It was heavily bombarded during Vietnam War due to its critical position (the only bridge at that time across the Red River connecting Hanoi to the main port of Haiphong). The first attack took place in 1967, and the center span of the bridge was felled by an attack by 20 USAF F-105 fighter-bombers.[SUP][2][/SUP] CIA reports noted that the severing of the bridge did not appear to have caused as much disruption as had been expected.[SUP][3]




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The defence of Long Bien Bridge continues to play a large role in Hanoi’s self-image and is often extolled in poetry and song. It was rendered unusable for a year when, in May 1972, it fell victim to one of the first co-ordinated attacks using laser-guided "smart bombs".




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Some parts of the original structure remain intact, while large sections have been built later to repair the holes. Only half of the bridge retains its original shape. A project with support and loan from the French government is currently in progress to restore the bridge to its original appearance.




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Today trains, mopeds, bicycles and pedestrians use the dilapidated bridge, while all other traffic is diverted to the nearbyChương Dương Bridge and some newly built bridges: Thanh Trì Bridge, Thăng Long Bridge, Vĩnh Tuy Bridge, and Nhật Tân Bridge.
Under the bridge, poor families live in boats on the Red River, coming from many rural areas of Vietnam.





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Only 1/2 width of the bridge remaining. You can see some of the heavily bombed parts of the bridge still poking out of the Red River. The lower overhead sections are where the bridge had been repaired after the bombing raids



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A pretty steep exit from the bridge


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What a structure


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The ethnic market next to the Long Bien Bridge. Apparantly dogs are traded here for restaurant meat


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Barbers shop el fresco under the Long Bien Bridge


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Vendors in the hot sun on the Long Bien Bridge


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Credit text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Bi%C3%AAn_Bridge








...more to come

 
Excellent pictures, keep them coming Phil.
I didn't get to see the museum when I was last in Hanoi and can now see I missed out, so it's definitely on my list for next time. I do miss the food in VN, some great street food to be had there, I'll never tire of Pho.
 
East of Hanoi, there's an ancient silk and shoe making village thats worth seeing


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Most of the village is now automated but there's still some traditional weaving being used


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Silk worms


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Silk is boiled off then spun


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The pattern cards might make these machines the first ever computers


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The woven silk produce



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The local village market



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