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Make-shift barber stalls use to dot the streets of Singapore. Today, you can only find them in places in Hanoi City
Street side barbers clip their customer's hair in the open. They work fast and concentrate well despite the buzz from the traffic.Hum the "Barber of Seville" when you see them..
Where:On a little street, outside of Hilton Hanoi Leave a Comment
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Not many know this but the ‘tortoises’ of Hoan Kiem Lake are actually rare Asian soft-shelled freshwater giant TURTLES .It's rumoured that one of these creatures grabbed a sword from an emperor once and returned it to heaven. Look out for a preserved specimen in the temple.
Preserved for the eternity, the sword grabber maintains an austere pose for locals and tourists alike.
Where:Ngoc Son Temple, Ho An Kiem Lake Leave a Comment
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The old folks at Ho An Kiem Lake are a fascinating lot. Observe them from a distance discretely and watch them play Chinese Chess.
Brows furrowed in concentration, contemplating their every move on a wooden chess board.
Where:A Pavilion at Ngoc Son Temple, Ho An Kiam Lake Leave a Comment
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The Vietnamese make their masks out of traditional materials like bamboo and coconut leaves. Used in the local traditional theatre, each mask express a different character and emotion.
Every kind of emotion can be found on the faces of traditional theatre.
Where:Hang Can Street Leave a Comment
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Observe the old folks around Ho An Kiem Lake if you can. Do it discretely and with respect of course. You can catch them dancing tai chi, reading or playing chess in groups.
A small old man reads in solitude at Ngoc Son Temple. Clad against the cold only in a wolly warm Russian Hat and thin blue-striped pajamas.
Where:Ho An Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple. Leave a Comment
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The narrow houses that you see in the Old Quarters are known as tube or tunnel houses. There's a gd reason for this. Businesses were formerly taxed according to the width of their storefront and this resulted in shops only two metres wide with a maze of rooms extending behind to a length of up to 60m.
Ancient narrow houses line the streets of the Old Quarters, each squeezed against the other
Where:The Old Quarters Leave a Comment
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The red bridge at Ho An Kiem has a Vietnamese name that roughly translates to "where the sun light is absorbed" . The bridge leads to Dac Nguyet Lau or "Moon Light tower" which is Ngoc Son shrine. Hmm, the sun and moon meeting. Sounds like a song from Ms Saigon.
The Sun and Moon meets at the Lake of the Restored Sword.
Where:Ho An Kiem Lake, near Old Quarters Leave a Comment
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If you're ever in the History Museum, look out for the big presidential investiture painting and see if you notice anything strange.
Pray tell me, why are the soldiers pointing the guns at the civilians during the presidential investiture of Uncle Ho?
Where: 2nd floor, History Museum
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If you love legends, you're gonna love this tale about how an emperor named drove out some Chinese bastards with a sword loaned from the Sea King. After victory however, the emperor decided to keep the sword and made the Sea King explode in fits. After Neptune calmed down, he sent a tortoise to retrieve his sword. Well, he didn't have to really, the sword magically flew from the scabbard into the mouth of the retriever. The lake became known as the lake of the restored sword ever since.
A sword on its back instead of its mouth! An artist's mistake displayed at the Ngoc Son.
Where: Entrance to Ngoc Son Temple, Ho An Kiem Lake Leave a Comment
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A little old man sits in his little shop, wedged in a corner and churns of sketches from the yesteryears. HIs ex-colonial masters have left a deep impression on him as he wears a beret and speaks fluent french.
Gable, Leigh, Newman and Garbo with a deft flick of charcoal on nimble hands.
Where: Hang Bac St, Old Quarters, Hanoi Leave a Comment
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on January 12, 2005
