Hanoi has been great. So many sights and sounds and tastes! Tried to go for a run and couldn't get far because the shops and restaurants just flow out into the sidewalks all the way to the street. So you walk and run in the street with all the crazy motorbikes. Finally I got to a gorgeous park and had some quiet from all the honking. There are about a dozen rivers and lakes in Hanoi and many beautiful parks.
My guesthouse manager has been a great guide and he took me to have snake 2 nights ago. We were brought to a table and before I realized what was happening there was a snake slithering on the floor behind me. I big one- I'm not sure why I was picturing a little garden snake in my head.
They slit its throught and drained the cherry red blood into a glass. Cut the heart out into another. I won't go into all the details of the killing process, but it had too many sounds that I didn't like.
Eating it wasn't that bad. It doesn't really taste like chicken. They prepared it in a few ways- one was a spring roll. Wasn't so bad. I declined on the fresh heart though.
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