One of the most iconic Hanoi features… bicycle loaded with variety of baskets and fish-traps. Images of these fully-loaded bikes have graced the cover of various Vietnam travel guide books and magazines for decades.

Vietnamese bicycle with fish traps exhibited at the Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi

The photo above was taken at the Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi. You know you won’t have a good chance to see this in real life when you can find this in a museum lol.

Would be cool if I could just catch this once in real action… will have to wait until I visit Vietnam again, perhaps years later. Chances are getting even slimmer in future though, as the feat will gradually fade away altogether.


3 Responses to “Hanoi’s cargo-load bicycle”

  1. #1. kyon on September 4th, 2008

    i saw a pic before with a man riding this, on travel guide books like you said, coooool stuff.

  2. #2. QuaChee on September 5th, 2008

    now that is a nice one! vietnam do look good on photos.

  3. #3. Yein Jee on September 5th, 2008

    Quachee… it will be really nice if it’s in real form. Ya, Vietnam is a good place for photos… pretty nostalgic.


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