Comments on: The Saturday City: Hanoi

By: Quickroute

Quickroute — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:55:38 +0000

I hope to visit next year – looks great!
You wet my appetite.

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:08:00 +0000

@trotter: thanks for visiting!! The google ads help pay for hosting fees!

@suzen: The people were friendlier in the south but overall, I think other south east asians were friendlier.

By: suzen

suzen — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:09:56 +0000

wow! lovely pics.i dnt mind paying a visit there.How are the people?

By: Trotter

Trotter — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:06:29 +0000

Hi Matt, it was great to find your blog; nice pictures interesting text ! And a great list of travel goals, including travelling First… It’s so good that one may even live with the Google ads that haunt the page…
Now serious, loved to read the Hanoi post, nd in particular your views on Boston! Great job!
Gil

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:41:26 +0000

@amanda: i just wasn’t a fan! beautiful country but i thought the food was only ehhh and the people were kind of rude. vietnam and i just didn’t click.

@trang: Yeah, I went from north to south. Overall, I liked the south better than the north. I really liked HCMC. it was my kind of crazy!

By: trang

trang — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:37:30 +0000

as a girl who was born in vietnam and lived there for several years before moving to the states, i still take a liking to visiting the country. it’s nice to go back once in a while to visit family and learn more about my heritage, but i do agree with matt that just like the museum, you can end up missing a lot of the details when you are in this country (i’ve had my share of arguments about propaganda).

i’ve mostly traveled around saigon (ho chi minh city), and one of my favorite places in the world was actually on the balcony of my aunt’s house right in the center of the market where everyone gets up and moving before the crack of dawn, looking down at the traffic of people below me. there’s just something really quaint about that. i love the random food places on the street where you just pull up one of those kids’ plastic chair, gambling with how your stomach will react. everything just tastes so fresh.

matt, did you get a chance to visit saigon, especially the “downtown” area? i haven’t traveled up north yet, but i’ll be sure to check out hanoi when i visit vietnam next year.

By: Mircea

Mircea — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:18:33 +0000

Well, I like most the EU countries, but you just made me think paying Hanoi a visit

By: travelphilippines

travelphilippines — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:59:09 +0000

wow 15 cents for a glass of beer. you really can never go wrong with that….

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:50:15 +0000

Ahh… add this to the long list of places!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:59:22 +0000

Matt, how could you not like Vietnam? One of my favourite ever trips … but you’re right, Hanoi is especially lovely.

You also got it exactly right about crossing the road being like Frogger! Since I started my trip in the south, by the time I got to Hanoi I’d got the hang of the “game” but if I went back again I’d be terrified, I’m sure. Nice post!