“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”    — Anthony Bourdain Hanoi: Part 1 My early impression of the Old Quarter in Hanoi was that it is just like many other Asian cities. Truthfully, the city didn’t peak my interest much on arrival. The one oddly fascinating quality of Hanoi is the systematically themed avenues of shopping.  Our hotel was clearly on Christmas street. …