Part of a four kilometre fence erected to celebrate the 1000th year of the founding of Hanoi. It's made entirely of tiny mosaics, each section by a different artist.


Most houses are just one garage door wide, but stretch to four storeys. Homeowners pay a frontage tax, so frontage is kept to a minimum. consequently, houses are deep and high. And if you have a house with frontage on the main road, you open a little shop. (8)

A carved jade Buddha

Alethea, don't you have a dress similar to the light pink one, but in a claret colour?  This is the traditional Vietnamese dress, worn over long pants shown here in white.


Our rest stop on the way to Halong Bay. No photos were allowed. Sorry.  I took these surreptitiously.  You can see the girls hard at work embroidering fabrics.

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