Hanoi 29 Dec - 1 Jan 2009

In connection with our Fansipan Climb (http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2009/01/fansipan-trek-25-28-dec-08.html), we signed up for a city tour of Hanoi. Places visited included Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ngoc Son Temple, One Pillar Pagoda Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and Bat Trang Ceramics Village. Needless to say we also took time off to visit the famous Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Hung Sung Sot as well as climbed Tiptoe Island. We also took the opportunity to sample the fame La Vong grilled fish noodle and the succulent clams and crabs at Cao Go Rd and fish soup noodle from Ngon Restaurant.

For the photographs, please refer to http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/5045.