I spent my Spring Break visiting friends in Hanoi, Vietnam. While I don't have any big story to share with all y'all I will keep several small snapshots of that trip in my memories
- sidewalks of people perched on low stools eating a meal
- bicycles, motos, cars and pedestrians performing a weave which somehow works
- school children in their uniforms complete with a red scarf tied around the neck
- intricate carvings , a red theme and waving flags at the temples
- dragons, dragons everywhere
- large rock islands emerging out of the water in Halong Bay
- A sense of mystery, fantasy in that misty scenery leading one to believe a pirate ship could be around any of the rocks or that maybe a dragon will fly out of the fog
- sticky rice stuffed into a bamboo tube, with seasoning salt poured onto a rectangle of newspaper to dip it into making a nice road side snack
- spare sidewalks being turned into badmitton courts, sometimes with nets, sometimes not
- birdcages, birdcages everywhere - but hardly any birds outside of them in the city
- pottery so fine it looks like china, in stall after stall in the town of Bat Trang
- rain ponchos that cover almost an entire scooter not just a person - including a clear plastic square for the lights
- vibrant green rice fields with men and women spending their days working, almost hidden in the crop
- unexpectedly running across a temple parade, seeing my first dragon weave its way down a street and men, women and children in traditional dress
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