How to get around Hanoi

Up until yesterday, we walked miles every day. Lots of stops at cafes, museums, street stalls, galleries and benches. It’s been quite exhausting as maneuvering the sidewalks and roadways is a challenge as the scooters use the sidewalks as parking zones pushing pedestrians out onto the street to dodge the cars, buses, trucks and scooters.

Yesterday, we decided to do a scooter tour of some of the unique and local dining spots. A little reluctant to put our faith in a young scooter driver we headed out into the mayhem. I kept telling myself that in the 6 days we have been here we have never seen an accident so we should be OK, and we’re.

I thought pehpaps it best to show a short video of what it was like on the back of the scooter and a picture or two of the street scene.