Taking A Bus In Hanoi, Vietnam

The number 14 bus in Hanoi. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

We took the number 14 bus to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology from Hanoi's old quarter. The fare was a modest amount. The conductor sold us the ticket. Years since we have seen a bus conductor.

The return was less happy. We waited ages in the freezing cold in December 2018 at a bus stop which had no shelter.

The bus lurches and brakes suddenly, hard. I fall over the feet of the person on the end of the row of seats as I try to reach the middle. Now I could use the word sorry, from the translation in the booklet I picked up in a Hanoi hotel.

The seats are around the edge of the bus, not many seats. Mostly standing room, we presume.

In the UK you don't have standing on buses permitted. Too dangerous with the lurching.


More Information From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph's_Cathedral,_Hanoi
Travel information
For hotels
booking.com
Comparison site:
https://www.clicktripz.com/rates/search/index
For airlines
travelok.com
vietJetair.com (Comprehensive list of budget airlines in Wikivoyage.)
For transport
https://www.grab.com/vn/en/

Language
Duolingo.com 
(Remember to click on the sound symbol to hear how words are pronounced.) 

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.

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