Why I Fell in Love with Hanoi | Vietnam Travel Diary

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Hanoi · 27 min · Aug 23, 2026

Jet-lagged in Hanoi with Ruby, our guide for the day. A 100-year-old heritage house, why Hanoi's houses are so skinny, Hoan Kiem Lake and the legend of the turtle, and Hoa Lo Prison, the "Hanoi Hilton".

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