Things I Remember Living in Hanoi, 1996
Posted On November 12, 2009
- Dirt road to and from the airport.
- Large numbers of policeman with AK47s.
- Not going to Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum.
- Bun Cha Nem.
- Hoa Sua and chocolate croissants.
- Drinking cafe sua non on the balcony of a hostel in Sapa before the fog rolled out of the valley.
- Hiking to Fansipan with an Excalibur-like moment that included a horse riding off into the fog.
- 306-no home.
- Cyclos that were actually necessary transportation.
- Amoebas.
- Being the wrong color.
- The squealing of a pig on a motorbike.
- The squeak of tennis shoes on a makeshift badminton court.
- Civilians lining up for military exercises at 5:30 AM in the field across from where I lived.
- The woman selling her food at 5:00 AM in a sing-song voice.
- The day a dog got stolen from the neighbor.
- The day a dog got run over by a motorbike.
- Learning nothing.
- Learning everything.
Photo: Sapa, 1996
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