Album:2016:12-27 Hanoi, Vietnam |
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We splurge and use miles
to go first class. ( |
Luxury in first class
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Middle of the flight,
Arielle is living it up ( |
At the First Class Lounge
we eat free food! ( |
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And then have calming tea
after a free (short) massage ( |
Back in Vietnam!
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Our "Five Star" hotel
in Hanoi (for a couple days) [Video, 7.5M] ( |
Waiting for Mango Sticky Rice!
(it wasn't very good) ( |
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But the food is amazing!..
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Arielle attacks!
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Food monster!
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Obama Restaurant,
to the right. Because Obama ordered this one dish in Hanoi once, and everyone lost their shit! Woo! ( |
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So much good food,
we go on a food tour! ( |
Learning how the rice paper
wraps [Video, 2.9M] ( |
Then I try,
and get it perfect on the first try [Video, 11.5M] ( |
Charlie's attempt,
has some issues. [Video, 10.4M] ( |
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A cute little pup
(Husky?) at one of the mini-restaurants. ( |
And are (re)taught
how to make Vietnamese rolls ( |
Yum!
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Sesame balls,
by request ( |
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See the doorway of the "Phuong Nail"?
That's an apartment.And the door to the right of it? An apartment (four floors, I think), both of them are the width of those doors. ( |
Desert!
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And then the famous
egg-coffee (which I taste, begrudgingly, but Arielle loves) ( |
Tokki toki!
(Bunny in Korean) ( |
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The bars getting ready to open
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A street band,
rocks it out [Video, 13.8M] ( |
A different kind of street band,
a different kind of rock. [Video, 6.7M] ( |
Happy New Year, Vietnam!
[Video, 7M] ( |
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Out on the town
for NYE (and Dave in one of his new shirts!) ( |
The view from our hotel
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One of the shirt makers
(though most of the shirts were up the street at 40 Hàng Gai) ( |
We stop back
after Ha Long Bay to pickup shirts and select fabric galore to make a plethora of $12 dress shirts for Dave! ( |
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Created with the tool album script from David Ljung's Marginal Hacks on Fri Nov 11 20:58:24 2022
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