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My first day trip in Hanoi is a visit to Duong Lam Ancient Village. I hate day trip by the way. I prefer walk on my own freely explore the place. No choice, Hanoi don't have the infrastructure like Seoul or Beijing.     Rise and shine......at my french style buffet breakfast place   anxiously waiting for my tour leader to come pick me up at 8am. It was a small group. Me and another senior citizen couple from Taiwan. They are so loving couple by the way.   on the way ...this is my first sight of Hanoi City...OMO!!!! so dirty ar??? Aiyo!!! I have too high expectation for a developing country like Vietnam.   people busy eating breakfast. our place have 'mamak style' coffee shop...here??? Just sit on that lowered kindergarden style stool and they can just enjoy their breakfast there... mmmmm.... how am I going to adapt to this culture???? worryyyyyyy!!!!   everywhere about motor motor motor....so headache seeing them

  I came back from Seoul a month ago and still struggling to upload photos and stories of my journey to Seoul. I am busy! Busy means good...at least I still have work to do and earn for my living. ....trying to see this as positive!   I discover this Tteok Museum by accident...I was walking back to hotel  in late evening after Palaces exploration since morning..... This place loacated near Jongno 3-ga Station , Exit 6 and my hotel is near Exit 3. Not far leh....   Tteok or in english we call this as Rice cake is symbolic and oldest food of Korea since 2,000 years ago going back to the Three Kingdom's Period. If you are a fan of Korean Drama , remember FAITH star Lee Min Ho??? Back then they don't call Korea but old name is Goryeo.   I learned , there are 4 basic methods of preparation this Tteok. * Boiled Tteok * Steamed Tteok * Pounded Tteok * Fried Tteok   I get to taste this Tteok here and also I even bought some from Hyundai Mall. Some

Early morning after breakfast, I went out walking towards the historical sites. There are tourist guide map which I took from Hotel reception. I just follow through the map and found out the palaces and other historical sites is just walking distance from place I stay. Horraaayyyy!!!! OMO!!!! now I feel like I should have stay longer...not enough time to cover this all. There is lots of walking and walking and walking..... every night back home with sore feet!!!!   First site I visited is Jongmyo Shrine (Chongmyo Shrine). This place built at the same time as Gyeongbok Palace to hold the ancestral tablets for the kings during the Joseon Dynasty. The royal family will perform elaborate rituals here , 5 times a year to respect their ancestors. They still practice this until now. However , in modern days they will only perform this once a year which is during month of May.   Since this is the place to pray for the dead, so walking at this large area early in the morning is