Hanoi and the moment...!!!

Once again, the Oriental countries are waiting for her new year festival, which, this year starts from Jan 26 in Western calendar, and Vietnam is of no exception. This short post will reveal how the elegant city of Hanoi is awaiting the moment to come.

Winter...yes, new year always comes in winter...Vietnam holidays

Peach flower: This is one of the two plants that people buy and bring home for prosperities. There are people from the countrysides who buy the plants somewhere and resell in the city, expecting some more money added to their own celebrations at home...

And...a lot of flowers. Hanoi is, not only a city, but also the best place in Vietnam where most beautiful peach flower plants are grown (this kind of peach doesn't deliver edible peach fruits)

Of course there are markets on streets that people can go to and buy...

And tangerine trees, second most important plant taken home. This biker boy is working on taking one home. Remember that Hanoi is a city of roughly 2 millions motorbikes, and almost anything can be managed to be seated on a bike Vietnam tours

Some youngsters take the chance and do some business to cover tuition fees...

I like this. Kids standing and staring at the man's hands who is folding the powder in to colorful animals, human...shapes. The powder comes from sticky rice pounded and mixed with colors...something that kids go obsessed about having one...

As a relic of tradition, which is fading, this is the time that a people who know ancient Chinese would offer to write good wishes/will (most often come in one word). Those who buy would then bring it home and glue it to a wall or in the middle of the family alter...Vietnam tours