Explore Hanoi in the back of motorbike and street food (L, G)

• Today, you’ll have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city on the back of a motorbike.
• Your guide will first take you to visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory and the nearby One-Pillar Pagoda. You will then visit the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century. After that, your guide will drive you to the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Back to the centre of Hanoi, you’ll visit the bustling Old Quarter with its eclectic mix of architectural styles – traditional ‘tube’ houses, religious buildings, colonial houses, vernacular dwellings and modern concrete edifices.
• The day also includes a ‘Street Life’ experience, also on the back of a motorbike. You’ll spend a couple of hours wandering around the back streets in and nearby the Old Quarter. A street food brunch is included – take your pick from traditional Hanoi Pho (beef noodle soup), Nom (green papaya salad with seasoned beef), Banh Goi (pillow-shaped rice pastry with minced pork and mushroom), Banh Cuon (hot rice paper with pork and fried onion) or Bun Cha (fresh noodle with grilled pork). In the late afternoon, your guide will drive you back to the hotel.