Hanoi, Vietnam

 Place: Hanoi, Vietnam 

Weather: Mostly cloudy, 63/74F.

Route: From Truong Yen 105 km north on CT01.

Population: 8,053,663

Places to visit: Temple of Literature & National University, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Vietnamese Women's Museum, Hoa Lo Prison, Lotte Observation Deck, St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fine Arts Museum, Chau Tran Quoc, Ho Chi Minh Museum, Imperial Citadel of Thang Long (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Presidential Palace Historical Site, Thanh Chuong's Viet Palace, Perfume Pagoda, Vietnam National Museum of History, Ngoc Son Temple.

Images:

Imperial Citadel of Thang Long (from whc.unesco.org)

Governmental buildings from French colonial period (from whc.unesco.org)