Originally Posted by Tasty1

I stayed near Bui Vien street, the backpacker district of Hanoi.
Very busy, look for a quiet hotel cause loud music everywhere.
There was also a cannabis bar around there.
Cannabis official forbidden, but was like a Dutch Coffeeshop.
Last time i was there everywhere where lurking balloons, but that trend seems over in Asia.

And than you have the neighbourhood around the BITEXCO skydeck building to go out.
Bitexco had Heineken tours, but closed now. Must be another rooftop bar now.
Many families, nice bars, less backpackers.

In Hanoi walking around Kiem Lake when the sun goes down is nice.

My conclusion, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh where too dirty and hot for me to stay long when i was there.
I wanted to walk in a bakery. And a rat as big as a cat jumped to the door to get out...
I didn´t go in. In my hotel a big rat came walking over the balcony.

I would do a stop in Da-Nang / Hoi An.

Didn't go after the hookers, but they where there in the bars.

"It is the law in Vietnam that a Vietnamese woman may not occupy the same room as a foreigner - unless married."