I fell in love with Hanoi. I knew it the moment we were heading back to the town area from Halong Bay, when we passed by several houses and rice fields. The locals were just chilling outside their homes, cutting one another's hair, drinking coffee - and it just made life that simple. I wished I lived here, and I am not kidding. I would love to grow my own veges, own my own farm, eat eggs for breakfast/lunch/dinner, and cook pho or make banh mi for meals. Apart from the bad air and people smoking, everything was made better by the cold weather, the "rain" that came down like mist, the heavy traffic, the crazy road crossing, the egg coffee, the people, the culture. I loved it. I loved how life was simple.
