Post #379935 by atomictonytiki on Tue, May 13, 2008 3:15 AM

So after Lao we flew across to Vietnam and the ever so noisy city of..

HANOI (or ANNOY as i came to call it)

The Hanoi people drive by honking horns, 24 hours a day, they all drive mopeds, any side of the road and on pavements and into bars right up to their table (this is so they can keep an eye on their moped, moped theft is rife). You can't cross the road if your from the west, you try to run or judge gaps, the best advice for crossing the road is stand at the kerb, close your eyes and walk SLOWLY, they always dodge you.

**The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology[b]

With dozens of indigenous tribes like the Moi and H'mong, the museum of course only deal with the Vietnam, some lovely local carving and enough examples of fish traps to cover the roofs of every Tiki Centralites roofs.
But outside of the museum they have full sized examples of the local tribes houses, built by that tribes craftsmen.

an example of a Bahnar communal house, almost 60ft from ground to the top of the roof.

in side the house looking up at the roof

An Ede longhouse

Gairai Tomb, aw look my wife has found a new friend.

Details of the figures.

And one for Pocketiki, I love the proper nodger on the carving, and its cheeky over the shoulder look, I swear its winking.

Some other type of spirit house that i failed to remember what it was.

[b]Hoan Kiem Lake**
Nothing tiki here but how would you like one of these giant stuffed turtles to hang in your bar. These turtles are the same type that in mythology stole the first emperor Le Loi of Vietnam's jade sword, and turn up as omens at times of great need. This last one turned up in 30th april 1975 and they promptly stuffed it.

Hue

Bah I hate Hue, just on the old DMZ, loads of scammers, but this is as close as you come to tikibars around south east asia, this is the **"Why Not Bar"**nice bamboo stuff on the walls, fish trap lights, a reasonable mai tai but lacking that certain tikiness.

[ Edited by: atomictonytiki 2008-09-14 05:39 ]