Posted on 09/16/2022 7:07:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The street, where trains travel along a track just inches away from homes and businesses in the Vietnam capital, has long been one of the most popular tourist sites in Hanoi and a regular favorite on social media.
However, it is also dangerous. The train track is still operational, and there have been security issues with tourists who like to sit, lie down and pose on the tracks.
Although there has been official pushback in the past -- most notably in 2019 -- the Hanoi regional government is now taking a hard line by revoking all the licenses for coffee shops and other businesses along the street. All of them have until September 17 to close.
In addition, barricades are already being put in place to stop tourists from accessing the street, reports local outlet Vietnam News.
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I'm a firm believer in removing warning signs/labels and letting the idiots cleanse themselves.
This was featured on Mighty Trains...looks like it would neat to sit there while it passed.
Can’t believe we missed that: so many targets, so little time.
“Get Some!”
I visited Costa Rica and one of the local sight seeing spots is the end of the airport runway. Folks are out there with their Saturday or Sunday picnic watching planes take off.
Idiot millennial tourists…
“Shake and Bake”, buddy!
That was wild!
I wonder how many times a day they have to pull the awnings back and then replace them...
Thanks for the post.
When I went to Afghanistan in 2002 shops were set up in the drought-stricken Kabul River. A few years later it reverted to its correct use as a public toilet and place to do laundry.
I noticed a table full of raw meat, no ice that I could see. Really taking your chances!
(Wonder how much oil falls on the vegetables as the trains pass!)
American farming, American Supermarkets! Good things!
I guess the natives are inured to a lot of that stuff, just as they are to the water.
I love American supermarkets - but there’s a lot to be said for the great diversity found in the food markets of some other countries.
https://about-france.com/tourism/french-markets.htm
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