Biking Around West Lake In Hanoi

By far the largest lake in Hanoi, Hồ Tây, or West Lake, actually sits at the north of the city. At seventeen kilometers in circumference, it’s not a lake you’d want to walk around. But a bike tour makes perfect sense.

We took a Grab to THBC (The Hanoi Bicycle Collective), a small shop at the northwestern corner of the lake, and rented two bicycles for a half-day. Both our bikes were of excellent quality; light and smooth with perfectly-working gears and brakes. As its name suggests, THBC isn...