Ha Noi, Vietnam Travel Blogs

Hill tribe markets and the capital city
Apr 10, 2004

... the highlight of my time in Vietnam was visiting the hill tribe villages & markets in the Lao Cai, Sapa, Bac Ha, Coc Ly part of north west Vietnam, right on the Chinese border. The tribespeople are so focused on the business they have to do & take so ...

Ha Noi
Feb 16, 2007 (5 photos)

So here I am in Ha Noi Vietnam, this is a great time to be in this country because tonight is the new years celebration.  It is like christmas here because the people give gifts and go home to be with their families, and forgive all past debts and pay ...

Goood Morning Vietnam !!
Feb 17, 2007 (8 photos)

    John and I arrived after midnight in Ha Noi, we are staying at Fortuan Hotel (www.fortuanhotel.com) which is located in the old part of town.  The room are quiet nice, and the price ($27usd) is great on the pocket book.  The ...

First stop in Vietnam, Ha Noi!
Oct 13, 2007 (4 photos)

We landed in Ha Noi! We stayed in a nice guest house owned by a local family that had many other backpackers.  We walked around a lot and ate at some good restaurants.  One of the biggest surprises to us is that "Pho" a Vietnamese noodle soup ...

Vietnam
May 6, 2006 (47 photos)

Vietnam

getting use to the scammin
Oct 27, 2005

... puppet show tonight and out on the town with my first travelling buddy, william from the valleys. Seems like a good lad so looking forward to a night on the ha noi tiles. oh yeah havent slept in 36 hours so chances are in bed early! well we shall see.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Oct 16, 2005

... hand I could buy a 512MB CompactFlash memory card for my camera for 50$ (an that was the first price), wich is 20$ cheaper than at home... I'm moving south tomorrow, to Ninh Binh, by public bus. Can't wait to leave Ha Noi. It's just too crowded for me...

more photos / noch ein paar Photos
Dec 6, 2005 (5 photos)

... there. We then had a nice coffee break by Lenin Park and headed to the Temple of Literature, which is first University in Vietnam. The place was really amazing with great gates and ponds of water with lily's floating on them. It was very nice and ...

Insider Market Tour
Sep 25, 2009 (25 photos)

... the market – the sausage pate was delicious! So glad we tried it! Exhausted from the day we slowly walked back to our hotel marveling at our good luck to meet such good people and how much of “the real” Ha Noi that we were able to see.

Taking in Hanoi
Sep 26, 2009 (28 photos)

... at the museum: popcorn, ice cream and balloons were being sold in the street outside and there was music everywhere. Other observations: Ha Noi is a loud city honking from vehicles creating the most amount of noise. They honk non-stop here – and it ...

The capital
Jan 28, 2007

We found a really nice place to stay in Hanoi; well it was in a great location even though our balcony door would not lock, the owners were loud and violent with each other* and they had no milk in the morning to go in your tea (breakfast was included in ...

We made it!
Nov 18, 2006 (3 photos)

Well, we are here. Just a couple of glitches, Chads NY flight was delayed and Dianne lost her luggage, but we are here. The flight was soooooo long, but it was a smooth flight. The weather here is beautiful. We will be going to the meeting tomorrow. ...

Old Ha Noi
Dec 6, 2005 (3 photos)

... will write again soon. Martha and Daniel Hallo zusammen, wieder ein sehr interessanter Tag. Vorab muss ich sagen das Ha Noi wirklich wirklich super ist und wir uns hier sehr wohlfuehlen. Wir haben jedoch auch unglaubliches Glueck mit unserem Hotel ...

Hanging out in Ha Noi
Jun 9, 2005

... the kicker: fish pieces that have been sauteed in turmeric and oil and LOTS and LOTS of fresh fennel leaf. Delicious! The city of Ha Noi actually changed the name of the street to Cha Ca in honor of the restaurant. Today, Thursday, we met up with our ...

Pictures of Halong Bay and Ha Noi
Jan 7, 2004 (13 photos)

A few pictures of Ha Noi and Ha Long Bay

Good Morning Vietnam...
Apr 16, 2007

... a little cliche, but it is early morning, I have already walked by many tee shirt shops with most selling tees with "Good Morning Vietnam" printed in large letters and lastly...well, for now better reason than it is an easy title and I am not feeling very ...

Welcome to Ha Noi Derek and Michelle Day
Apr 21, 2007

... easily one of the classiest, most well-appointed hotels we have ever visited...not to mention very reasonable since it is Vietnam.  In fact, after visiting Derek and Michelle at the Metropole, not a moment passed that Kate didn't reference how we ...

Here in Hanoi
Sep 23, 2009

... our parents, the Vietnam War was a painful reality, and for those that served, often a tragic nightmare. Yet for travelers, Vietnam has become a “must see” destination full of hidden treasures. It's late right now – 11pm so we couldn't ...

Rainy Ha Noi and Ha Long Bay
Mar 8, 2007 (4 photos)

... was the temperature; for the first time in six months I was cold. I spent one night shivering under two thick blankets in Ha Noi, though this can partly be blamed partly on illness which, alongside heavy rain, allowed me just a glimpse of the country's ...

Back to Ha Noi
Feb 2, 2007

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Hooked on Ha Noi
Apr 29, 2007

... by prosperity. Over lunch on our hike in Cat Ba National Park, the Vietnamese woman from Ha Noi shared with us her impressions of a changing Vietnam...wealthier than it was ten years ago, with capitalism gaining more and more steam... Is this a good ...

Good Morning Vietnam!
Sep 24, 2009 (5 photos)

... bride brought another dress (a vibrant red one) to change into so she could get pictures in that one. The great thing about Ha Noi is that as a tourist, you get left alone. Although there are many businesses that cater to tourists, the Vietnamese have ...

Good Morning Viet Nam!
Mar 13, 2007

... !) we went to a Buddhist Pagoda. I think it's the largest in Ha Noi? Then we headed to Hoan Kiem Lake--the heart of Ha Noi. It's pretty smoggy here (I haven't seen the sun since Auckland) so it wasn't as beautiful as it could have been plus the lake is ...

Bangkok - Hanoi
Dec 5, 2005 (1 photos)

ENGLISH AT THE BOTTOM Zwei Tage Bangkok, Erster Tag in Ha Noi Hallo aus Vietnam, sind gut angekommen und sitzen im Hotel. Vorher jedoch noch die letzten Tage in Bangkok. Nach dem Ersten Abend und der Kakerlake sagten wir uns was sind wir nur fuer ...

illness and injury in the capital
Jun 28, 2007

... from their train journey and with a cheaper guesthouse than us (again) we arranged to meet them later on and continued our journey... Ha Noi is weird, there's loads of streets that have shops that all do the same thing, so we have a metal work street (all ...

All of the H's
Jan 1, 2007 (35 photos)

... Vancouver walked in. We spent almost 2 weeks travelling with them. It was great to have their new energy and conversation. In Ha Noi a couple things were obvious. The traffic was crazy. There are 83 million people in this country the size of California ...

Little dogs and other observations
Sep 14, 2006

Well we are still in Hanoi. In our last entry we said we were headed to N. Vietnam to do some trekking. Unfortunately Joan still had a bit of an ear infection and didn't feel up to hiking. So we have been in Hanoi for the past few days hanging around. ...

Good Morning Vietnam!!! (cliche, I know)
Apr 26, 2006

... for about 5 hours and left us in the bus without explanation, but other than that it was fairly uneventful. Now we are in Ha Noi which is possibly the most insane city I've even seen. Apparently there's 5 million people and 4 million motor bikes and it ...

what kate said...
Apr 30, 2007

read kate's last entry if you haven't done so already...she has such a great way with words.

Northern Exposure
Dec 6, 2007 (33 photos)

... train back to Ha Noi. We drank beer in honour George's last night and got woken up at 4am when we arrived in Ha Noi, feeling decidedly groggy. More wandering the streets of course, trotting down dark alleys looking for some kind of hotel. In the end we ...