At once a mark of modern, middle-class Hanoi and yet a sign of how far this city has to go, West Lake makes for a great place to take a stroll, relax among greenery, sip on a ca phe nau or perhaps even take in a pagoda (there are three of them). The lake road (Duong Ven Ho) goes most of the way around the perimeter, and development – coffee shops, oc sellers and newly built property – is coming with it, as are all the fishermen.