Lost in Hanoi - Volume 1

LOST IN HANOI Volume 1 - May 2019

LIFE BESIDE THE RAILWAY One of the most amazing hidden gems in Hanoi must be that street where all living, trading, moving and now sightseeing are next to the railway of Hanoi.

INTO THE HEART OF HANOI According to the legend, in early 1428, Emperor Le was boating on the lake when a Golden Turtle God surfaced and asked for his magic sword.

VIETNAMESE COFFEE “It is a must” So once you been in Hanoi, try a Vietnamese coffee will be a must in your “to do” list. We have some wonderful option for you

CONTENT LOST IN HANOI - VOL 01 (With Rita Lacey from Canada) p3. Life Beside The Railway p7. Into The Heart of Hanoi p9. Undiscover Street p13. The Most Beautiful Street in Hanoi and It’s Neighborhood p21. Flag Tower of Hanoi p.25. A Wonderful Gate Are Waiting for You

p28. Vietnamese Coffee: “It is a must” p.29. Another Undiscover Place

p.33. Long Bien Bridge

LIFE BESIDE THE RAILW

One of the most amazing hidden gems in Hanoi must be that street railway of Hanoi. It’s quite a busy street with household, bar, café, sto there. It’s located at No. 5 of Tran Phu street. From there, one side of The other side is full of café, bar and store for tourists and tourism act

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where all living, trading, moving and now sightseeing are next to the ore, full of people next to the railway. Once you visit Hanoi, you must go f the railway is full of household, local people living next to the railway. tivities, where you can have a rest and fell the life atmosphere.

Enjoying some local donut is not a bad option where most tourists can find it cheap to try (5,000 VND equal to 0.22 USD or 0.18 EUR). It’s also easy to find since women retailers will bring it direct to you once she recognizes that you’re not local people.

On the other side of the railway is the tourism area where most of café, bar are located. You’ll definitely found your place to have a Vietnamese coffee with milk, or egg coffee. Or a nice place to have a new photo for your blog. Or if you are beer lovers, we serve Truc Bach beer (from Hanoi) and Saigon beer (from Ho Chi Minh city) are 2 of our best in Vietnam.

“WHAT HAPPEN WHEN IT COMES?�

Good question! It is the time when everyone stick together to the wall like a sticker to avoid any contact to the train. And also best time for capture the moments. Might be a series of photos, or a short clip like Rita and most of the tourists did that time. *All photos taken during the trip are done by Anvil Nguyen Photography

INTO THE HEART OF HANOI HOAN KIEM LAKE (AKA SWORD LAKE)

According to the legend, in early 1428, Emperor Le was boating on the lake when a Golden Turtle God surfaced and asked for his magic sword.

King Le Loi concluded that Golden Turtle God had come to reclaim the sword that its master, a local God, the Dragon King had given king Le Loi some time earlier, during his revolt against Ming China. Later, the Emperor gave the sword back to the turtle after he finished fighting off the Chinese. Emperor Lᝣi renamed the lake to commemorate this event, from its former name Luc Thuy meaning "Green Water". The Turtle Tower standing on a small island near the centre of lake is linked to the legend. (Source: Wikipedia) Around the lake now is walking streets for everyone to have a big public space for outdoor activities (from Fri evening to Monday). Hanoi local authority also giving permission for artists, groups to hold traditional activities (music, game‌) for not only local, but also to attract more tourists to come and enjoy.

UNDISCOVER PLACE Sometimes you found some beautiful place accidently and then it becomes your inspiration to discover and create more arts.

Photographer: Lam Nguyen Model: Rita Lacey Location: Hanoi, Vietnam From Anvil Nguyen Photography

Walking across Trang Tien street where you can try the infamous “Trang Tien” ice-cream

Tasting Saigon beer in center of Hanoi

Hanoi Opera House

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREET IN HANOI AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD

Escape from the busiest area of old quarter, we stop at a peaceful location with less people, tourist, less activities to spend sometimes to listen the sound of the city.

This street is known as one among the most beautiful streets in Hanoi. Everything have the sign of time, with French style built by French. Old trees surrounding the street make the air better, fresh and unique than other parts of the city.

Photographer: Lam Nguyen Model: Rita Lacey Location: Hanoi, Vietnam From Anvil Nguyen Photography

FLAG TOWER OF HANOI The tower was built in 1812 during the Nguyen dynasty as an observation post to the Hanoi Citadel. Unlike many other structures in Hanoi, it was not destroyed during the French invasion (1896-1897), and was continuously used as a military post. It is now located in the Vietnam Military History Museum.

(Source: Wikipedia)

The ticket price will be: - 20.000 VND for local/Vietnamese - 40.000 VND for Tourists - 30,000 VND for bring pro DSLR camera

This place with 200 years old wall and amazing scene will be a very good choice for combining travel, discovering history and photography. Since everything here can make good photos. It’s not a must, but always a good option.

THERE’S ALWAYS HAVE A WONDERFUL GATE WAITING FOR YOU AT NO. 12 NGUYEN TRI PHUONG STREET

Photographer: Lam Nguyen Model: Rita Lacey Location: Hanoi, Vietnam From Anvil Nguyen Photography

Sometimes you don’t want to be a model anymore, you just want to be a normal backpacker travelling to Hanoi and enjoy something very Hanoian. So go to Phan Dinh Phung street and take a photo with a gate full of Vietnamese promotion on “fix your bike”, “Vietnamese tea”, “Fix your clothes” into a small alley which very unique in Vietnam in specific and in Southeast Asia in general. Or you can try to sneak into someone house just to take a photo with their stair and then go in second, just piece of cake.

More simple, take a photo along the street where all Vietnamese or at least Hanoian will know exactly where you at.

Vietnamese Coffee: “It is a MUST” What do you expect for a trip to another country beside discover the new place, new people, new culture. Then next will definitely the food and the drinks. So once you been in Hanoi, try a Vietnamese coffee will be a must in your “to do” list. We have some wonderful option for you - Coffee lovers including “Original Black Coffee”, “Brown Coffee aka coffee with Vietnamese milk” and the infamous one “Egg Coffee”. You can truly feel the strong of original black, or sweet of Brown and the Special of Egg. They mix perfectly with Robusta coffee grown in Vietnam highland. Now is summer time, don’t forget to have ice on your coffee.

ANOTHER UNDISCOVER PLACE We lost again that time, into a small and quite street with old Hanoi design houses next to each other. Mostly you will see the old design of Hanoi house from the first floor since everyone renovated the ground floor for trading and business. But in this street, we can see the old design from the ground floor. That’s unique, and amazing.

LONG BIEN BRIDGE It’s the last location of our photo tour that day. In total five hours working, we came together from place to place to discover the beauty of Hanoi, from the most famous one to the hidden, undiscover one. Join me next time and I will took you to another amazing place of Hanoi.

The bridge was built in 1899-1902 by the architects Daydé & Pillé of Paris, and opened in 1903. Before North Vietnam's independence in 1954, it was called Paul-Doumer Bridge, named after Paul Doumer - The Governor-General of French Indochina and then French president. At 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) in length, it was, at that time, one of the longest bridges in Asia. (Source: Wikipedia)

Photographer: Lam Nguyen Model: Rita Lacey Location: Hanoi, Vietnam From Anvil Nguyen Photography

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