Hanoi: The Last Best Time · 102 words posted 06/10/2004 10:32 AM
Vietnam was growing as rapidly as any of the countries in Southeast Asia when my wife and I traveled to Hanoi in the fall of 2002 to celebrate my birthday. We chanced on the city at the perfect time: the population is young, the streets are crowded but quiet, the food and coffee are spectacular and cheap, and there is, as yet, no Starbucks.
All of this, of course, will change. For one long weekend, we felt blessed to visit the city at the last best time.
View a slideshow of Hanoi (requires Flash).
Pictures taken October, 2002 in Hanoi, Vietnam with Canon AE-1.
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