Surreal first 48 hours in Hanoi. Couchsurfing with a guy who works in the high-fashion industry and he basically gave us the keys to his 4,000+ sq ft loft that he converted from an old pharmacy factory. Then took us to an international music fest, led us to amazing street food, welcomed us to his sister’s birthday party with a huge home-cooked Vietnamese hot-pot meal, which we then left early because he was late for the grand opening of a Lebanese restaurant complete with belly dancers.
And that doesn’t even include the cool German couple we hung out with three times, the pick-up games with Hanoi Ultimate Club, or the fact that everyone at the grand opening was dressed to the nines while Lisa and I were in our travel attire having not showered after ultimate.
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- This place serves only one dish Pho Bo (beef), but it is delicious. At $2.50, it was slightly more expensive compared to other street food, but it’s a well known restaurant.
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- Probably not what we should come to expect when couchsurfing, but being able to stream our music to the house speakers while connected to wi-fi was a nice touch.
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- Real towels??? YES! We never want to leave…
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- I’m not sure how every white person in Hanoi found this music festival, but they did.
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- Our only regret (and it is a major one) is that this photo does not include belly dancers.
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- I guess it’s hard to make a cake this large also taste good.
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