Videos of Ha Noi at street level
Unfiltered videos from the street. Letting Hanoi be the star. No talking. Just walking the alleys and riding the streets.
Allison takes a walk through a neighborhood downtown and visits the local market. This is part of our Out for a Walk series. Twenty-minute videos with no narration and ambient sounds. It's to give you an idea of what Hanoi looks like at gro…
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This is an odd one. It's a wholesale flower market that is only open from 10 pm to 4 am. Apparently anybody can shop there, so if you really screwed up and need a thousand roses, here is the place to start looking. Allison is on her scooter…
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The French Quarter is just next to the Old Quarter. Built and designed by the French beginning in the 1880s, it is a neighborhood of wide streets and actual sidewalks. Allison starts the walk at the Met Gift Shop in the Old Quarter and walk…
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This is part of the Out for Drive series. Ha Noi is famous for some of the most chaotic traffic in the world. The lines are decoration. The street lights are suggestions. But Allison has been on a scooter since before she can remember, so w…
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It's 5am and the Old Quarter is already humming with energy. This is a weekday. You need to get out in the morning before work. By noon, the temperature will close on 40 degrees (104F). The lake itself is the heart of Vietnam, a sacred spac…
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Hanoi is up and running early. By 6am in the Old Quarter, the streets are already busy. And hot. It's 29C (84F) and will hit 38C (100.4F) by noon. And the humidity is north of 80%. The air feels like it is made directly out of soup. Allison…
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