The name was intriguing! The site of a university, established almost a thousand years ago, was definitely worth the $5 admission fee. Here, all through Vietnam's long history, the best and brightest students came to study, write poetry and take exams on their way to becoming mandarins.
Gates to the Temple of Literature
Dinh Hoang
We visited the art studio of an award-winning Vietnamese painter, Dinh Hoang, on our last day in Hanoi. He works in a variety of media but I was particular captivated by the way he blended figurative and abstract styles in his work. In honour of our visit, Dinh gave each of us an original painting of a rooster to take home!
Mark admires Dinh's work as his daughter, Khanh Linh, looks on
Traffic in the Old Quarter
A 20 second clip of the scooters on the streets of the Old Quarter. See if you can spot the family of four on the same motorbike!
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