Mo, Hai, Ba, YO!, Bia Hoi, Old Town, Hanoi, Vietnam
Arguably the finest of human inventions, Bia Hoi is popular pastime for visitors and locals alike across Vietnam. Translating literally as "fresh beer", it's a lightly carbonated keg beer that goes down way too easy with little aftertaste at only twelve point five cents a pop. Yup, that's about 8 of those nice, big, cold babies for a buck. Needless to say, Bia Hoi is extremely popular and a great way to meet locals and travelers. I've never been another place where such a simple convention faciliated greater sociability. My partners in crime at this time are all Dutch, starting on the left with partying Felies, sweet Nataly, and finally the inimitable Eddy. Our friendships started in Saigon and Danang well before Hanoi Bia Hoi, but more than ample quantities of Bia Hoi and 25 cent per pop gyros helped grow our exchanges . Vietnam's open bus system of travel facilitates easy interaction among social travelers, since most people either work their way up or down the long thin country, repeatedly running into the same people in various towns (and Bia Hoi spots) along the way. Those are my two on the platter atop the kindergarten style table that with kindergarten chairs are standard restaurant staples throughout Vietnam. The little plastic furniture's lightness and quick mobility makes it perfect for the cat and mouse game played across Vietnam, where police regularly cruising past elicit quick word of mouth driven removal in advance of the gendarmes, of all such furniture from the sidewalks in these sidewalk restaurants and bars that permeate Vietnam. It's a comical game of musical chairs until you catch the confiscation of items from locals who weren't quick enough with the word of mouth or removal from the sidewalks. But as the constabularies pass beyond view - voila' - chairs and table return for more Bia Hoi. In the meantime everyone just stands around awaiting the police to pass and so end the well called for body stretch. To Eddy, Nataly and Felies, "Mo, Hai, Ba, YO!!!"
Arguably the finest of human inventions, Bia Hoi is popular pastime for visitors and locals alike across Vietnam. Translating literally as "fresh beer", it's a lightly carbonated keg beer that goes down way too easy with little aftertaste at only twelve point five cents a pop. Yup, that's about 8 of those nice, big, cold babies for a buck. Needless to say, Bia Hoi is extremely popular and a great way to meet locals and travelers. I've never been another place where such a simple convention faciliated greater sociability. My partners in crime at this time are all Dutch, starting on the left with partying Felies, sweet Nataly, and finally the inimitable Eddy. Our friendships started in Saigon and Danang well before Hanoi Bia Hoi, but more than ample quantities of Bia Hoi and 25 cent per pop gyros helped grow our exchanges . Vietnam's open bus system of travel facilitates easy interaction among social travelers, since most people either work their way up or down the long thin country, repeatedly running into the same people in various towns (and Bia Hoi spots) along the way. Those are my two on the platter atop the kindergarten style table that with kindergarten chairs are standard restaurant staples throughout Vietnam. The little plastic furniture's lightness and quick mobility makes it perfect for the cat and mouse game played across Vietnam, where police regularly cruising past elicit quick word of mouth driven removal in advance of the gendarmes, of all such furniture from the sidewalks in these sidewalk restaurants and bars that permeate Vietnam. It's a comical game of musical chairs until you catch the confiscation of items from locals who weren't quick enough with the word of mouth or removal from the sidewalks. But as the constabularies pass beyond view - voila' - chairs and table return for more Bia Hoi. In the meantime everyone just stands around awaiting the police to pass and so end the well called for body stretch. To Eddy, Nataly and Felies, "Mo, Hai, Ba, YO!!!"
Mo, Hai, Ba, YO!, Bia Hoi, Old Town, Hanoi, Vietnam
Arguably the finest of human inventions, Bia Hoi is popular pastime for visitors and locals alike across Vietnam. Translating literally as "fresh beer", it's a lightly carbonated keg beer that goes down way too easy with little aftertaste at only twelve point five cents a pop. Yup, that's about 8 of those nice, big, cold babies for a buck. Needless to say, Bia Hoi is extremely popular and a great way to meet locals and travelers. I've never been another place where such a simple convention faciliated greater sociability. My partners in crime at this time are all Dutch, starting on the left with partying Felies, sweet Nataly, and finally the inimitable Eddy. Our friendships started in Saigon and Danang well before Hanoi Bia Hoi, but more than ample quantities of Bia Hoi and 25 cent per pop gyros helped grow our exchanges . Vietnam's open bus system of travel facilitates easy interaction among social travelers, since most people either work their way up or down the long thin country, repeatedly running into the same people in various towns (and Bia Hoi spots) along the way. Those are my two on the platter atop the kindergarten style table that with kindergarten chairs are standard restaurant staples throughout Vietnam. The little plastic furniture's lightness and quick mobility makes it perfect for the cat and mouse game played across Vietnam, where police regularly cruising past elicit quick word of mouth driven removal in advance of the gendarmes, of all such furniture from the sidewalks in these sidewalk restaurants and bars that permeate Vietnam. It's a comical game of musical chairs until you catch the confiscation of items from locals who weren't quick enough with the word of mouth or removal from the sidewalks. But as the constabularies pass beyond view - voila' - chairs and table return for more Bia Hoi. In the meantime everyone just stands around awaiting the police to pass and so end the well called for body stretch. To Eddy, Nataly and Felies, "Mo, Hai, Ba, YO!!!"
Arguably the finest of human inventions, Bia Hoi is popular pastime for visitors and locals alike across Vietnam. Translating literally as "fresh beer", it's a lightly carbonated keg beer that goes down way too easy with little aftertaste at only twelve point five cents a pop. Yup, that's about 8 of those nice, big, cold babies for a buck. Needless to say, Bia Hoi is extremely popular and a great way to meet locals and travelers. I've never been another place where such a simple convention faciliated greater sociability. My partners in crime at this time are all Dutch, starting on the left with partying Felies, sweet Nataly, and finally the inimitable Eddy. Our friendships started in Saigon and Danang well before Hanoi Bia Hoi, but more than ample quantities of Bia Hoi and 25 cent per pop gyros helped grow our exchanges . Vietnam's open bus system of travel facilitates easy interaction among social travelers, since most people either work their way up or down the long thin country, repeatedly running into the same people in various towns (and Bia Hoi spots) along the way. Those are my two on the platter atop the kindergarten style table that with kindergarten chairs are standard restaurant staples throughout Vietnam. The little plastic furniture's lightness and quick mobility makes it perfect for the cat and mouse game played across Vietnam, where police regularly cruising past elicit quick word of mouth driven removal in advance of the gendarmes, of all such furniture from the sidewalks in these sidewalk restaurants and bars that permeate Vietnam. It's a comical game of musical chairs until you catch the confiscation of items from locals who weren't quick enough with the word of mouth or removal from the sidewalks. But as the constabularies pass beyond view - voila' - chairs and table return for more Bia Hoi. In the meantime everyone just stands around awaiting the police to pass and so end the well called for body stretch. To Eddy, Nataly and Felies, "Mo, Hai, Ba, YO!!!"