We woke up to the sound of the loud speakers outside. Communist propaganda through the loud speaker is part of the morning routine for the Northerners. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are very different cities. In Hanoi, red flags are up every few meters on the streets. Compared to the south, there is also not a lot of English spoken in the North. I noticed in the Ho Chi Minh City, the locals are welcoming and interested in making me part with my money, in Hanoi, there weren't too many people interested in having my business.
Also in the North, there is an 11 pm curfew. Shops, restaurants etc. must be shut down by 11 pm.
Motorcycles are parked on the sidewalks and food stalls take up space on the sidewalks too, so you are forced to walk on the streets.
Traffic is much more crazy in Hanoi, you have to be alert at all times.
A motorcycle cost $15,000 US for the Vietnamese. A factory worker at Samsung makes about 3 million dong a month (about $150 US).
Market full of cheap quality stuff.
Drinking beer out on the streets, be carefully not to get hit by cyclists or motorists. Beers are 25 cents here.
Notice the red flags everywhere?
The next morning we visited some of the sites in Hanoi.
Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.
Ho Chi Minh's cars.
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