So, stupid ferenge (SF) mentions to the tour guide that I have done just about everything I had hoped to do while in Hanoi except visit the Hanoi Hilton. She is a little perplexed 'cause we both know I stayed at the Hilton for the first 7 nights I was here. Then she clicks in and remembers the infamous Hanoi Hilton referred to during the Vietnam war as a notorious prisoner of war camp. She says ... but we went there on your first city tour. SF went to a prison that first tour but did not realize it WAS the Hanoi Hilton. I was told it was close to the Hanoi Towers office complex on the way to the World Bank. Guess what I saw during a drive back from lunch today? A prison beside the Hanoi Towers, called ... you guessed it ... the Hanoi Hilton. It looked familiar; I think I have been there already ... SF.
After a meeting of sorts at the end of the day with 2 guys from Oracle, one local and the other from Singapore, I was told the organized chaos in Hanoi, a.k.a. traffic, was many times worse in Saigon ... more reason to check out Ho Chi Minh City during a subsequent visit.
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