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Two unhurried days, not nine temples
Based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Rui has led slow walking routes through the Old Quarter and French Quarter for the better part of a decade, from the Long Biên bridge to the back lanes behind Văn Miếu. He writes for people who want two unhurried days in a neighbourhood rather than a checklist of sights ticked off by lunch.
The 11:30 boarding at Tuan Chau, the tunnel into Tra Bau lagoon and a cave walk on day two: what each one asks of you, and what the two-day route leaves out.
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