My trial of Vietnam Airlines was a success. They were on time and their service was good. I donot think the service was quite as good as some of the European Airlines I have flown with in the past few years, but the price difference ( My business class fare was about 2./3 the next cheapest reasonable airline) was significant. The timing of their return flights from Europe leave you with a day in Hanoi. I was met at the airport, taken to a hotel, fed ( very average food) ( b, l and d) and taken on a tour of Hanoi by a delightful young lady who quickly came up with an alternative when I told her I did not want to go to the mainsites - I have seen HCM's mausoleum etc . We spent a very pleasant few hours wandering around the Museum of Ethnology. This housed many exhibitions of various ethnic groups living in Vietnam and in the grounds examples of many different houses. The guide offered to take a photo of me climbing the steps of the house below. I declined the photo but did climb the steps. You can just see 2 people underneath the house to give you an idea of scale. It is a Bahnar communal house.
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