Our hotel is in the Old Quarter and near Hoan Kiem Lake. It is a noisy and hectic part of the City and the place to be to see Hanoi.
Spent the morning wandering around the Old Quarter taking in all the sites and sounds. Walked around the lake, went to the Ngoc Son Temple on an island in the lake which serves three religions. Bordering the Old Quarter is the Opera, Stock Exchange and the Museum of History. French architecture in this part of the city. Lots of little cafes and restaurants everywhere, some more desireable than others and of course street food and street markets.
Bought tickets for the Hanoi Water Puppet Theatre for the 2.15 performance. Found the ticket office for our bus trip to Nanning, China, on the 29th and reserved our seats plus taxi pick-up to the bus station.
Water Puppet performance lasted an hour and was worth the effort,very clever.
Water Puppet video
