Yesterday I braved the streets of Hanoi (Brendon reluctantly in tow), in order to find a new pair of pants and a new top to wear to work. While Brendon waited outside, I wandered into one rather up market shop advertising clothes from Korea (much like China, anything labeled “Korean” seems to be assumed to be [...]
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Clothes shopping in Vietnam – first attempt
Posted in Hanoi, Shopping, tagged Hanoi, Shopping on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A week in Hanoi’s Old Quarter
Posted in Hanoi, Shopping, tagged Hanoi, Old Quarter, Shopping on July 28, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Brendon and I have spent our first week or so in a hotel in that heaving, crumbling, non-stop place that is Hanoi’s Old Quarter. We spent much of that first week wandering around lost – getting lost is a big part of every day here for Brendon and I. We’ve been lost, on foot in [...]