An idyllic Hanoi

04:10, 24/10/2014

Misty Hoan Kiem Lake, floodedroads, small sidewalk shops and busy hawkers are among the idyllic but lively images of Hanoi, a city that has a 1,000-year history.

 

Misty Hoan Kiem Lake, floodedroads, small sidewalk shops and busy hawkers are among the idyllic but lively images of Hanoi, a city that has a 1,000-year history.

 

Hoan Kiem Lake on a February day.

This photo was taken on Hang Khay Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

Long Bien Bridge on a drizzling, foggy day in February.

Sidewalk shops.

A pho restaurant on Bat Dan Street in the early morning.

An old apartment on Dao Duy Tu Alley.

An old house on Phan Dinh Phung Street.

Afternoon on the West Lake.

A flower vendor on Thanh Nien road in the early morning.

Morning exercise.

A house in the Old Quarter.

Hanoi in the flood season – Dinh Liet Street.

Cyclos are a typical image of Hanoi.

The leaf-falling season.

Life along a railroad in Hanoi.

Boiling banh chung (square glutinous rice cakes) for thelunar New Year.

An old lady at Hang Luoc flower market.

Nhat Tan peach garden.

 

(Source:VNNet)