The last time I went to Vietnam was eight years ago ;

from april 26th 2007 to may 5th 2007 ;

only ten days with my thai wife ;

All photos shot with my old Nikon Coolpix E4500 which cannot shot photos now; it has some main problems autofocus and computer inside also;

I gave it to one of my nephew who is a french teacher in a japanese university , Hachioji Campus in Tokyo .

He gave it to japanese friends who are studying photography, so they can open it and see what is inside

The first photos are taken in old Hanoi

They bought old but still good buses from Paris in France

Now, we are on the road to Halong Bay;

we are in a beautiful minibus and the driver is not a crazy " Nigel_Mansell driver " as in Thailand ;

An obligatory stop at a big shop before arriving

Halong Bay

If I was there alone I should flee, run away ..

So many people, a huge crowd ; I'm agoraphobic .

Our boat have a stop on a fish/crab farm which is on an artificial island

Don't forget we are not far from Hong Gai which is a coal port in Quang Ninh Province

" The province has rich natural mineral resources of coal, limestone, clay, kaolin, white sand, granite and so forth. Large reserves of anthracite coal account for 90 per cent of coal output of Vietnam. Limestone reserves are estimated at 3.1 billion tonnes which would be the basic input for cement manufacture. Other mineral resources phosphoric, titan, antimony, quartz and oil have been found which could auger more industrial projects in the Province. Clay and glassy sand, important material inputs in the building industry for manufacture of tiles, bricks fired-bricks, bricks, ceramics, are in abundance " from WikiPedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_Ninh_Province

We go to visit a cave, a beautiful one but so many people !!

No retouch on the photos, only resized

What we would like to see in beautiful sites or crowded places in Thailand

On the road to Ninh Binh

http://wikitravel.org/en/Ninh_Binh

Coming back to Hanoi before going to Hue by train;

some more photos of Hanoi old town

Our hotel and bedroom ; I don't remember exactly, about 15 US $/day

And now TP Hue ( Hue City ) ;

TP means Thành Phố ( city in english, ville in french )

It was raining when we arrived in TP Hue ;

The first photo I took are in the Post Office of Hue and after at Thiên Mụ Pagoda ;

We were in a hotel not far from the hospital of Hue City ;

I asked for renting a motobike so we could visit the city and the surroundings alone, I didn't need a guide, I went there so many times before.

Thiên Mụ Pagoda when it's raining