Escaping the Monotony!
So I decided to take a few days off and chose to fly to Hanoi. I was both, backpacking solo and traveling to Vietnam for the first time.
With great excitement I landed in Hanoi. Hanoi is full of life and to me it came across as an extremely photogenic place. The best part about travel photography to me is the people. It gives a story and meaning to the place and my images. The people in Hanoi are extremely expressive. My curiosity towards learning about every new place attracted me to the life and culture of Hanoi. I had six days on hand. As I reached Hanoi with no plan in my head, I took a bus along with a Korean couple that I met at the airport to the Old Quarter.
Sapa is an extremely picturesque village overlooking the plunging valley of gushing rice terraces and blossoming vegetation with many hill tribe people. Many different tribes live in Sapa, each can be identified from their dressing. They also speak a different dialect.
On the last day, I saw the city on feet. I decided to walk my way through different areas of Hanoi. It was mostly into the unknown lanes of the Old Quarter and the French Quarter. It was very interesting experience.
That night I went to a roof top bar with my friend and some of his other friends for a few drink. That was the end of my most amazing trip to Vietnam.