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hanoi
this is where our long trip started. the capital of vietnam, a city of timeless grace, a grand old dame of asia with a bustling old quarter.

 typical hanoi street picture...!  a sign which obviously nobody seems to concern  jumping into hanoi's crazy street traffic...  ...which sometimes is horribly frightening!  taking over a vietnamese girl's job, hanoi  thanh from hanoi taking us to some of the best food stalls in hanoi  vietnamese desert, tastes sweet and good, but we never found out what it really is...  going out with thanh  having one of these excellent bia ha noi bottles...  goooood morning vietnam... with a fresh egg-coffee!  hanoi streets  baby and it's grandma, hanoi  the asien way of carrying stuff, hanoi  hanoi lane  hanoi streets  crazy traffic, even in the night  huc bridge on hoan kiem lake, hanoi  ngoc son temple, hanoi  mot hai ba - jo!! (means 'cheers' in vietnamese)  warming up for new year with rolf from zurich, hanoi  happy new year party with rolf from zurich and vania from brazil  on the road, hanoi  power supply the asian way, hanoi  vietnamese street game  ngoc son temple, hanoi  beeing invited for dinner at thanh's place  playing around  playing around  beeing forced to drink thanh's home brewed liquor...  the ginseng liquor tasting quite ok...  ...but the sea horse liquor being quite pervert!  walking over famous long bien bridge  long bien bridge, which was the target for many bombings by the americans  tran quoc pagoda, hanoi  hanoi street pic  tempel of literature, hanoi  tempel of literature, hanoi  tempel of literature, hanoi  tempel of literature, hanoi  tempel of literature, hanoi  tempel of literature, hanoi  tempel of literature, hanoi  tempel of literature, hanoi  ho chi mausoleum, the final resting place of ho chi minh  hanoi street food  going out with thanh's family, hanoi  going out with thanh's family, hanoi  eating whole crabs, kind of crunchy....