Live A Day in the Life of Hanoian

Overview

From the dawn of day, signs of life begin on misty streets in Hanoi. Local shopkeepers sweep the sidewalk in front of their stores, the hoking from somewhere grows louder as people ride around on motorbikes, and small groups of women do laugher yoga while men smoke from their bamboo pipes watching the traffic.

Itinerary

This Day in the Life of Hanoian exposes the city through our taste buds, we eat like locals do. Get under the skin of the buzzing streets as we walk into a local noodle restaurant, where little tables are packed with people hunching over their bowls, dipping their vermicelli in the warm meaty broth, and we’re most welcome.

Traverse across a busy sidewalk café full of plastic stools to taste the famous Vietnamese coffee, enjoy the traditional brew that intensifies the wonderful flavor of the Robusta and sweeten condensed milk.

Join local passengers on a public bus running through the Old Quarter’s streets to truly experience the city’s public transport system, then walk into a maze of narrow alleys on our way reaching the train street – where locomotives rumble down an active track just inches away from homes and other buildings.

Also, we visit a Hanoian family and get to know about their daily life in the city. Enjoy chatting with them over a cup of tea, with the help from your foodie guide facilitating your conversations, you may want to find out which room is traditionally the most important in their house and why.