one thousand years ago Hanoi became the capital of the dai viet kingdom since then
numerous invaders including the Chinese French and Japanese have occupied the
city a recent ranking predicted Hanoi to be the fastest growing city in the
world in terms of GDP growth the old quarter is a hive of Commerce a warren
of narrow street each specializing in a particular trade I found relief from the
Rush and the din at the local bia hoi bar the beer is cheap and brewed daily
for me it was like a meditation to be still and just watched the flurry I made
up with Lan a hospitality club member who gave me a half day tour of her
beloved City I'm a junior at the institute for international relations so
after graduating my plan is to have a master degree and then working as a
businesswoman maybe one of the place that the tourist would like to visit is
the flower market now the flower market is open from three a.m. up till like five
a.m. in the morning so if you want to visit the flower market will have to get
up very early in the morning
I find that my work at school and my part-time job is very exhausting and
usually if I get up early morning and have a walk around the market I will
feel very like refreshed its kind of way to refresh myself and also you can get
to see the fresh flower which just picked from the garden and then
driven to the market
after visiting the flower market you can drive back to the Hoan Kiem Lake and see the
people doing exercise round the lake one thing about the lifestyle of the Hanoian that is
so different from other countries that they lead a very healthy lifestyle
they wake up like maybe four or five a.m. and then exercise around the lake
and what is kind of a funny thing or a nice thing to see even young people old
people like doing the exercise and walking around Hanoi is very famous for
its food and drinking one of my favorite restaurant that I usually hang
out with my friends is a place called Hai Vuong Quan it is in the outskirts of Hanoi
and it all looks out on the west lake the scenery the food there is excellent and also you
can have some time relaxing and enjoying the view and talking