My Little Southeast Asia Adventure - Tenth Stop: Hanoi, VietnamJuly 3 to July 6
Decided to rest some legs and take a plane for this one. Another Low-cost airline that I'm loving now: Jetstar Pacific!
Hanoi, although the capital of Vietnam, is more retentive of Vietnam's culture, traditions and is more old fashioned than Ho Chi Minh City.
Hoan Kiem Lake - Never have I seen any body of water as green as Hoan Kiem Lake. It almost literally look like a liquid emerald. Giant tortoises used to inhabit this lake. As for whether they still exist there, no one can be sure.
For me, it's like Hanoi is like someone who is struggling whether to join the modern times, or be content of who she is now... old, but still pretty.
Good thing you are not so shy with asking strangers to stab, er, shoot you :) 
