Street-side barber

Street-side barber. Face masks are in common usage in Hanoi, mostly by women, because of the chronic pollution.

Bicycle flower-seller

Bicycle flower-seller with limpet hat.

Anything on a motorbike (3)

Riding a motorbike, with a pressurised gas cylinder between your legs, whilst texting on your mobile phone, is always a good idea...

Lunch - Vietnamese style

Bun cha (meat patties in a cold stock, with cold noodles and salad herbs) and nem (spring rolls)
About £1.50 - quite pricey for Hanoi - but very nice.
Actually I had a second helping of noodles, so maybe that's why it seemed a bit expensive for a street restaurant.

Anything on a motorbike (2)

Really. Absolutely anything and everything goes by bike. In this case a pig carcase.

Roadside advertising

This is roadside advertising Vietnam style: Get your punctures repaired here...

Anything on a motorbike

A fairly typical load on a motorbike...


And what happens...


...when it all goes horribly wrong...