Before reaching Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the statue of Lenin is in a triangular shaped square on the side of Dien Bien Phu, the main road to Ba Dinh district.

Ba Dinh district is the main tourist attraction in Hanoi where several principal sights located here. We decided to walk to here after a short rest in Hotel. It was a bad idea, as the weather was steamily hot. But it’s not too far away from Hanoi Old Quarter (Hoan Kiem District).

The railway track on the back alley of houses
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We checked in Wing Hotel at about 8 am, and unexpectedly they request additional USD $3 for early check-in, contrary to what they promised us. Anyway, we didn’t have much choice, as I was very tired, uncomfortable and painful due to sunburnt. Worst was the weather in Hanoi today was very very very hot.

Hungry, we just looked for any food stall to have a breakfast. So we had this. Its name may be called Xoi, but I was not so sure about that. Adeline didn’t quite like it, but I felt that it’s okay. The meat tasted a bit like luncheon. The breakfast costs us about VND 7,000.

We arrived in Hanoi at about 4.30 am wee hour in the morning. We felt it was not nice to wake up the Wing Hotel’s warden so early (they have curfew at night), so went to Hoan Kiem Lake to get a feel of Hanoi in the morning instead. The bonus for the early bird was sunrise over Hoan Kiem Lake.
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