"Who's that strange white man?"

Most of the foreigners in Hanoi tend to congregate around the Old Quarter near Hoàn Kiếm lake, so my walking around in the other districts tends to draw attention.  While walking around in the Thanh Xuân district today, there were lots of stares, some smiles, some waves, and some whispers of "người Tây!"  But the funniest experience was when the taxi drove into the giant pile of garbage because the driver was craning his neck to watch the Westerner walking around.