We finally arrived in Hanoi on 9/20 for three nights stay.  After a nap, we joined up with our fourth traveling companion, Kath.  We stayed at the Hanoi Hilton Opera, a magnificent hotel in the center of the old City.  The charm of Hanoi is in just “hanging out” in the old part, like this wonderful balcony bar and restaurant, the Quan Bia Mihn.  The cultural sites are good, but the people and the ambience of the old city-center is the really special experience, at least to me, in Hanoi if not all of Vietnam.

(Picture courtesy of Lois.)