Hanoi, Vietnam. I lived in this crazy city for eight months. I built a whole new life for myself out here, new job, new friends, new everything (well, used motorbike). It's a really unique city. Winding alleyways, hidden temples, rivers of motorbikes, late night food markets, rickity little buildings stacked up like blocks next to shiney new offices, and lakes.
After a while though, it all starts to becomes ordinary again. Same old loud stinky city, day in, day out. It's funny how that happens. But for a while, it was a real adventure. Us expats and our friends living in the Hanoi did our best to create our own little local social scenes, and get together to share our time and passions.
