On the way from the airport to Hanoi City, was our first Thought, everything has a bit similarity with India. We saw and heard a lot of extremely loud motorcycles honked, but was only half as much. Lots of life on the road, but it was very clean. Buying a shop after another, one was not pressed anything. Thus, had quickly emerged, it was different. "Same same but different" ;-)!
Our hotel was situated in the historic district. At our first orientation walk, we noticed that all the shops in a street side aligned. This was because that are located in Hanoi all the craftsmen and merchants of a species in the same street and the street named accordingly is. Such as road salt, Bambustraße, fabric or paper street road. This system was interrupted and localized in the street food stall. Characteristic of Vietnam is that every meter is used along the street to earn money. Often with simple things: soups, beverages, corn cobs, travel agencies, laundries ... Entered one of these stores, you automatically got an insight into the living room or the kitchen, which was directly behind it. when sightseeing and when dealing with the Vietnamese people we quickly realized that these people are very friendly and considerate. The road is not on his Law. It will not be scolded, and they go around one, when trying to cross the street.
Our next goal was to Halong Bay. Arrived there by bus, we went on board a ship. Since the bay is one of the top tourist destinations in the north of Vietnam, lying in that port 400! Schiffe.Nachdem we left the harbor, we will note that there were only a few ships in sight. The limestone cliffs rose like sugar loaves from the sea, forming a beautiful panorama. A small snack on board, here and there some small talk with the other guests. Together, we have then by canoe, the floating village, Hai Long explored. Several fishing families living in this village in detached floating houses from the mainland. Back on the ship there was a small spring rolls, cooking class and nice get-together with the other travelers. Interesting stories were exchanged and travel routes compared. It was a very nice round, represented were Denmark, Holland, Ireland, France, America, Luxembourg and Deutschland.Am next day we visited a cave and then we went back to Hanoi. 
