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school kids
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firecrackers for Tet
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the women's temple. there was a women's temple and a men's temple side by side. apparently women went here to pray for female related issues, like pregnancy, childbirth...
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each of the hanging cones holds a prayer (the red strip of paper in the cone). the prayers burn and waft off to heaven
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banana flowers (and bananas)
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live dogs piled into a cage on the back of a motorcycle - to be cooked into dishes at restaurants
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modern houses in hanoi
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apartment buildings toward the outskirts
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for Tet (vietnamese new year) everyone was buying these little orange bushes and carrying them home on the backs of their motorbikes
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red flowery bushes were also very popular for Tet, in addition to the orange bushes
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one of the many lakes in hanoi. hanoi is one of my favourite cities, with its many lakes, willow trees, wide boulevards, old french colonial architecture, the old quarter with its narrow chaotic streets, and even the more modern pastel buildings...
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another lake in hanoi - people hanging out by the lake
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old french colonial house on a wide tree lined boulevard.
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i liked the old-fashioned bicycles in hanoi with the big baskets in the front, complete with a little kid hanging in the back
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rickshaws in the narrow bustling streets of the old quarter
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