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January 2023
Hanoi City Walk (English) – west of Hoan Kiem Lake
This one of our newest and 18th walk in English with ecclectic and miscellaneous content, it’s a little bit of everything. We start outside at Shinhan Bank by Hoan Kiem Lake and end near Lương Văn Can walking the long way round. Sign up and come along with Alvaro to discover the route and the stories of the streets west of Hoan Kiem Lake. RSVP via this google form Max 10 people Walk led by Alvaro
Find out more »Hanoi city Walk (English): Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long
Always one of most popular walks. Our entertaining and informative walk, led by Alvaro, starts in front of the Flag Tower on Dien Bien Phu with a brief introduction to the Citadel to set the scene. We will then proceed into the Citadel on Hoang Dieu to learn/discuss the architecture and history of this interesting place. 100,000VND + entrance fee 30,000VND (entrance ticket also gives access to the excavation site next to the National Assembly building) Max 10 people Meeting point: in front…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk (English) P.M – silver & coffee: Hàng Bạc to Nguyễn Hữu Huân
THIS WALK IS FULL PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS A short distance as the crow flies. But we take the long way round zig zagging up and down the streets in this familar area of the Old Quarter to discover the unfamilar – from Đinh Liệt and Hang Bac to Cầu Gỗ and Nguyễn Hữu Huân streets. We touch on many subjects from the birth of silver making in Hanoi and how Hong Kong cinema came to share space…
Find out more »February 2023
Bookclub – Endless Field by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
“Endless Field is a tale of Mekong Delta natives, marking Nguyễn Ngọc Tư’s perceptive insight into and sympathy for the farmers (and people in general). Love, revenge, nostalgia, regret, and exposure of dark corners of souls permeate the story making the characters more real. Endless Field, made into the 2010 film titled The Floating Lives, has already been translated and published in Korea, China, France, Germany, and Sweden, where it has received much praise.” (from Goodreads) Endless Fields https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ng%E1%BB%8Dc_T%C6%B0 https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/books/148888/young-writer-creates-a-literary-stir.html…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English): Nguyễn Công Trứ Street and surrounding area – FULL
THIS WALK IS FULL WITH A WAITING LIST. Our walk starts outside number 5D Hàm Long street, where the first Communist Party Cell of Hanoi was established. Then along Lò Đúc Street to the Pasteur gardens, and outside the National Institute of Hygiene & Epidemiology (originally the Pasteur Institute). Back up Lò Đúc and to Nguyễn Công Trứ Street. Carry on to Hai Bà Trưng Lake and the temple complex opposite where we touch on the Hai Bà Trưng sisters’…
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