20 Feb 2023
I booked a custom 6am walking tour for our group of six. Our guide, Mr. Tu, met us, on time, in front of the Puppet Theater. We wanted to see some of the early morning activities especially people dancing and exercising around Hoan Kiem lake. We were not disappointed. Tu also took us into the side streets to see vendors setting up their restaurants for the day and into a very small shop for a delicious soup and afterwards to an upstairs shop for utterly delicious egg coffee. We most appreciated his willingness to accommodate our last-minute request to walk over the Long Bien bridge. He flagged two taxis and then made the long walk over the Red River with us. On the other side he got two taxis to take us back to our hotel. Since few of the taxi drivers seemed to speak English, we really appreciated his help. He was warm and informative- we really enjoyed our time with him.