{"id":581,"date":"2025-10-20T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:17:14","slug":"explore-hanois-best-markets-with-a-chefs-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/explore-hanois-best-markets-with-a-chefs-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing the road in Hanoi is terrifying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t expect people to stop and wait for you to cross the road. If you want to cross, you\u2019ll just have to be assertive and walk out in front of the oncoming traffic; it\u2019s pretty scary at first. A few times I quite expected to be run over and I often let out a little shriek as I began to cross, particularly in the first few days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanoi-traffics-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanoi-traffics-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanoi-traffics-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanoi-traffics-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanoi-traffics-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanoi-traffics-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanoi-traffics-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanoi-traffics-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Kids are riding motorbike<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cyclo-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-976\" width=\"469\"\/><figcaption><em>Cyclo ride in Hanoi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">But people are very courteous and they will slow down to let you cross, but only if you make the first move. Just remember that cars and trucks can\u2019t stop as quickly or swerve around you as well as motorbikes, so give them some extra distance. Try and look the drivers in the eye as you cross, to ensure that they\u2019ve seen you. Crossing the road in Hanoi will certainly give you an adrenaline rush! But after a few days of it, you\u2019ll begin to enjoy the challenge and it turns into a bit of a fun game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t expect people to stop and wait for you to cross the road. If you want to cross, you\u2019ll just have to be assertive and walk out in front of the oncoming traffic; it\u2019s pretty scary at first. A few times I quite expected to be run over and I often let out a little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-common-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418,"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serenestayhanoi.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}