We were met at a very modern and empty Noi Bai airport just outside of Hanoi by our hostel driver who shuttled us to our hotel in the heart of the Old Quarter in downtown Hanoi.  Arriving at our hotel, we were in awe at the total chaos of traffic, shops, powerlines and people overflowing and mingling into one organism. Our first walk about the neighborhood seemed like a march into a bees nest of humanity but magically we were unscathed.  As we walked down the street, the…