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Hanoi Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hanoi, Vietnam
Another day doing absolutely nowt!!
This is a top pick! After a good lie in this morning followed by the free buffet breakfast, we had to decide whether we wanted to actually get off our asses today. The decision was - maybe. We knew we had to go and collect our visas today at 3pm, so we will probably set out ...
At long last - RAIN!!! We needed it!
This is a top pick! ... to get some sightseeing done without collapsing through dehydration every 10 yards! So off we set. The first port of call was the "Hanoi Hilton". You will probably know that this is not a hotel but a war prison used by the French and then the ...
From Hillbillies back to City Slickers
This is a top pick! ... a pool, so we may just park up on their drive for about a week!!! That will scare them. It's been a fantastic tour of Vietnam and one I would recommend. We had a really good group of people on the tour as well and hopefully we can stay friends with ...
Hanoi
This is a top pick! ... Prison. Formerly used by French colonialists to house dissident Vietnamese "revolutionaries", it later became the Hanoi Hilton for US POWs during the Vietnam War. Its most famous inmate was US Presidential candidate John McCain, whose captured artefacts ...
Breakdancing with Lenin
This is a top pick! ... among my worst travel experiences...EVER! This time around we thankfully shortened the journey to a pleasant 45-minute flight to Hanoi on Vietnam Airlines, possibly the best $60 I have ever spent! Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam. Having visited a lot ...
Around Hanoi with Uncy Ho
This is a top pick! ... all dedicated to Confucius on inception. The main reason it's here is that it was the site of the first university in Vietnam, established in 1076, and to house 82 marble stelae that record the details of men who received Doctorates at the university ...
Halong Bay - Hanoi
This is a top pick! ... and the Citadel. We were back in the Old Quarter in time for lunch. Huge filled baguettes, delicious and available all over Hanoi. Rene's had enough cycling and decides to check emails received. I do a few more laps of Hanoi and find and photograph ...
New friends
This is a top pick! ... . He was working for one of the big 3 American autos at the time. Around 2001, his request to transfer to Vietnam was granted. This year he left to open his own business. His main store is in Hanoi's first shopping mall that ...
Heart and soul of Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... will reach on time as we didn't anticipate the train would take 50 minutes). Back to Hanoi.... Even though Hanoi it is the capital of Vietnam it seems to be Saigon's little sister. In many ways it is similar but has a much stronger French ...
Trekking - A Word with Two K's Must be Foreign
This is a top pick! ... physically fit. I don't ask what our route will be. I know I'm not going to like it. We're in the town of Sapa, Vietnam, in the Tonkinese Alps. (The dot on the map north-west of Hanoi, near the Chinese border.) The only reason people come to Sapa is ...
Good Morning Vie.... sorry, can't do it
This is a top pick! ... November 2nd Early rise to get to the airport. Nearly missed my flight as the queue for Thai airlines was horrendous. Fortunately, Hanoi passengers were called to the front, and when I got there was informed that I had been upgraded to Business class! ...
Touring Halong Bay and Sapa
This is a top pick! ... that sold colorful yarns and embroidery. On the way to Lao Cai, where we would catch the night train back to Hanoi, we stopped at the Vietnam-China border for a quick photo opportunity. We are now in Hanoi until tomorrow morning when we leave for our ...
Mad+character+limestone in the sea
This is a top pick! ... Ho--Ho Chi Minh--on display in a massive, squat mausoleum. Halong Bay--Signed up for yet another tour (!) from Hanoi (but swore it would be my last in Vietnam...) and had a terrific 3-day cruise on a boat in this gorgeous area of the South China ...
Vietnam or Bust!
This is a top pick! ... not about to let any temporary, tobacco-inflicted brain damage get in the way of our plans. So there you have it - India is behind us, Vietnam is our home for the next month and we couldn't be happier. We are in Sapa now and it ROCKS! We'll fill you ...
Not so Express on Hong Kong Express
This is a top pick! ... like that scene from Airplane where people keep having to run to a different gate! Hilarious. We boarded our flight to Vietnam and the plane was stifling hot. It was pretty much hot the entire flight. We arrived in Hanoi at around ...
We're in Hanoi, Honk your Horn!
This is a top pick! ... with people doing their morning exercises. The Temple of Literature was pretty cool in as it was the first university in Vietnam established in 1070. And honestly the poor air quality and noise held us back from walking to explore the entire ...
Ha Long Bay & Hanoi - Day 120
This is a top pick! ... the poor guys body. Back in Europe the road would have been closed for hours. Feels like life is cheap on the roads of Vietnam. Only the lower half of his body was covered, so his face was clearly visible. An extremely harrowing sight. Staying at the ...
Hanoi... you really do annoy!!!
This is a top pick! ... What a great birthday present that was. See you there....hopefully Love Thomas and Hollie x x x P.s. sorry that there are no pictures of Hanoi, there were a few sights but to be honest compared to other areas in Vietnam it really wasn't worth visiting!!! ...
Hanoi and the continued rain...
This is a top pick! ... of the opera house and went to see the famous water puppets of Hanoi which was one of the best things we did in Vietnam. The puppets are manipulated by handlers who stand in water up to their wastes behing a screen and the puppets depict scenes from the ...
The Perfume Pagoda
This is a top pick! ... -car accident on I-35 can close all 4 lanes for several hours in Austin, but the burning vehicle was only a minor inconvenience in Hanoi. I'm not sure who decided the fire wouldn't eventually reach the gas tank and light up the sky with an early New ...
Hanoid
This is a top pick! ... and jump in a cab to the Hanoi Opera Hilton. We have lunch next door with Ma and Pa, at Highland Coffee. (Vietnam's equivilant to Starbucks.) We don't do much during the afternoon, we chill out at the pool and run around our bedroom like kids, ...
We saw Ho Chi Minh yesterday!
This is a top pick! ... . We also experienced the traditional Vietnamese art form of water puppetry, which is believed to have originated in Northern Vietnam in the 11th century. It basically involves puppets dancing in a pool of water, and was most likely invented by ...
Week Twenty Two - Hanoi
This is a top pick! ... . Collect our laundry from Hotel 59. Book flights to Hong Kong in tour operator opposite for $290 each with the dreaded Vietnam Airlines. Call into several recommended restaurants, Club Met, Club Opera, and The Sofitel Hotel but all too expensive so end ...
City Tour
This is a top pick! ... style. One evening we went to the "Dao Thuc Water Puppetry Troupe" which gave us a real feeling for traditional art in Vietnam. Puppetry is closely connected to daily rural life of the hard-working farmers in the rice fields. Next, on our tour was ...
Uncle Ho and the Scam Boys
This is a top pick! ... still maintaining socialism as a base. With this in mind, Ho probably sees a bright future for Vietnam. For hours, I also walked the bustling streets of Hanoi with its decrepit beauty, frenetic order, and moments of peace along the West Lake. ...
Erica fancy a dog BBQ, Erica, Erica.... Erica?
This is a top pick! We arrived at about 7am in Hanoi the capital of Vietnam and oddly saw a man with a piece of paper with our names on it. We grabbed the bags and again he tried to speak to me, in the kind of mood only a bus insomniac can understand I let Erica speak to ...
Hue in a manger (pronounced Hway by the way!)
This is a top pick! ... some of the pages printed upside down is in fact a fake. I learn this only because the lonely planet guide actually tells you that Vietnam makes a series of fake books which don't last any time at all - so whatever you do don't buy them as they are very ...
Hello Hanoi - Subtle Differences
This is a top pick! ... much smaller then Saigon but the prices for food seemed to be higher for everything not that it was that much considering it's Vietnam. A lot more backpackers and tourists are up here, I guess because the weather is cooler then down south. Upon arrival I ...
Motorcycle diaries trial 1
This is a top pick! Heres the story of Vietnam so far. Landing in Hanoi after comming from Bangkok is a whole new experiene as soon as the plane hits the tarmac. Peering out of the airplane window, the terminal at the Hanoi aiport oozes communist ...
Nanning to Hanoi, Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... ; Immediately, upon walking into the Backpackers Hostel, we knew we were going to enjoy our time at both the hostel and in Vietnam. There was a totally different atmosphere from China and a different kind of traveller. It was more like being back at ...