Hanoi Memories
I remember in Hanoi we were at Ho Chi Min's memorial. It is a grand thing. They love the man in Hanoi. Northern Vietnam loves him, southern vietnam maybe loves him, I am not so sure. He was the main revolutionary (and later the president) who fought for independence, so in many ways he is like the George Jeffersons and Sam Adams of our country, but to I also suspect he had corrupt sides to him since it seems he was also a semi ruthless leader who squashed his ememies as needed. So I'm not sure what to make of him yet.
At the HCM memorial we met with some tourists from LA and one gal was quite cute. Her dad gave Booby his card and said to call him. Wow that guy picks up on girls and their dads! Haha. Anyways on the way out, we bought ice cream. I told Boo to ask the ice cream girl what clubs we should go to in Hanoi. Boo proceeds to ask and later comes back reporting that the girls had no clue what he was talking about and that we shouldn't ask ice-cream girls about clubs!! Very true.. so much easier to see that in hindsight!
To report, the club scene in Hanoi was not bad. We went to one club where the waitress/hostess would dance and do weird shows (PG rated), and would also serve you hand and foot at your table. Very interesting. It seems when you have cheap labor you can hire hundreds of young girls at a club to just stand around. At another club the hottest girls were the go-go dancers on the stages. Wow. Alot of the girls were really small and looked 14 y/o. That doesn't really turn me on so I said "this is gay".
Lots of white people in Hanoi. Kinda annoying to be in Vietnam and be surrounded by tourists. Maybe we were in the tourist zone (French Quarters).
Overall Hanoi was much nicer than Saigon. Or was it that we were in the nicer part of Hanoi than in Saigon? I think Hanoi is a bit more developed with better roads and more modern shops. Less motorbike hell as well. They had a few nice lakes you could walk around and the weather was WAY better! I think it was like high 60's to mid 70's! Wow thats really amazing. I guess for local VN people under 85 is cold so everyone had their puffy jackets on. Heh.
My memories of Hanoi will be of eating 2 bowls of Pho in one sitting.. one northern style, one southern style, having lots of coffee at cafes, seeing alot of Ho Chi Min history, and having a grand old time with Boo and Booby as a nice trio. Where was Tombo? Suffering in Mekong Delta! Hahaa!!
At the HCM memorial we met with some tourists from LA and one gal was quite cute. Her dad gave Booby his card and said to call him. Wow that guy picks up on girls and their dads! Haha. Anyways on the way out, we bought ice cream. I told Boo to ask the ice cream girl what clubs we should go to in Hanoi. Boo proceeds to ask and later comes back reporting that the girls had no clue what he was talking about and that we shouldn't ask ice-cream girls about clubs!! Very true.. so much easier to see that in hindsight!
To report, the club scene in Hanoi was not bad. We went to one club where the waitress/hostess would dance and do weird shows (PG rated), and would also serve you hand and foot at your table. Very interesting. It seems when you have cheap labor you can hire hundreds of young girls at a club to just stand around. At another club the hottest girls were the go-go dancers on the stages. Wow. Alot of the girls were really small and looked 14 y/o. That doesn't really turn me on so I said "this is gay".
Lots of white people in Hanoi. Kinda annoying to be in Vietnam and be surrounded by tourists. Maybe we were in the tourist zone (French Quarters).
Overall Hanoi was much nicer than Saigon. Or was it that we were in the nicer part of Hanoi than in Saigon? I think Hanoi is a bit more developed with better roads and more modern shops. Less motorbike hell as well. They had a few nice lakes you could walk around and the weather was WAY better! I think it was like high 60's to mid 70's! Wow thats really amazing. I guess for local VN people under 85 is cold so everyone had their puffy jackets on. Heh.
My memories of Hanoi will be of eating 2 bowls of Pho in one sitting.. one northern style, one southern style, having lots of coffee at cafes, seeing alot of Ho Chi Min history, and having a grand old time with Boo and Booby as a nice trio. Where was Tombo? Suffering in Mekong Delta! Hahaa!!
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