Return to the Central City Red zone

Today, we were back in the red zone after our trip to Vietnam, where Moira was teaching a librarianship course at the Hanoi University of Culture.  Spending a few weeks in a completely different environment  has given us a fresh perspective on the central city.  How long ago it seems that CERA was telling us that they hoped to open up the cordon entirely by April 2012.  The centre of the city is still an active demolition zone with the sound of heavy machinery all around. 

It seems that the number of buildings still to be demolished stays about the same number, as new buildings are added to the demolition list, as fast as others are demolished.  With so much gone, the centre of the city is becoming see through, with surprising vistas right across the city, where there never used to be a line of sight.