Hanoi Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Vietnam, a country made famous by war, has a unique and rich civilization, spectacular sceneries and high cultured cordial people. While no doubt a long history of war continues to weigh heavily on the consciousness of all who can remember the years of fighting, Vietnam today is a country at peace. From the lush, fertile Mekong Delta to its stun...

We arrived in Hanoi very early in the morning after our night train from Lao Cai. Being as how we weren't exactly sure where we were, we decided to take a taxi for the couple kilometers to our chosen hotel. Our guidebook suggested we take one of the companies it recommended, but we couldn't find any of these. So we picked the one with the sweete...

Hei alle sammen Naa har vi vaert i gamlebyen i Hanoi i nesten 3 dager. Dette er et utrolig morsomt sted. Det myldrer av folk, mopeder, cykloer og biler. Paa fortauene kokes mat og inntaes maaltider. Haandtverkere sitter og arbeider og butikkeiere byr frem sine varer. For aa komme seg fremover paa fortauet, maa man gaa i siksak og smyge seg forbi...

Rachel, Chandler, Ross, Joey I miss my favorite show, but I haven't had time to watch any TV and all we get is MTV Asia in the hotels anyways. So where did I leave off I haven't even had time to get on the internet thats how hectic, fun and action packed my trip is. : ) Sorry to all those I haven't replied back to too much to do too little time....

People back in Ireland won't thank me for saying this but the first thing I liked about Hanoi was the fact that it was cloudy when we arrived and nice and cool, well when I say cool in mean mid twenties. Having been sweating my ass off for the past week that was a nice change. Needless to say the overnight bus to get there was another painful ep...

So after landing 20mins early (!), we had the pleasure of a man standing with the name 'Sarah Foster' on a piece of card! He put us and a german couple in a taxi for the ride to the hostel. People tell you how mad the roads are here, but they are completly mad!! There were a few scary moments, which the taxi driver just hit his horn at. Bizarrel...

December 2, 2006: Travel time from Mississauga to Hanoi Backpackers Hostel in Hanoi was 30 hours (22 hours flying time). It sure was nice to have a pre-arranged pick-up from the airport as we got in about midnight. Although staying in a hostel, we had booked a double room with ensuite which was actually quite nice, all for $20 U.S. including bre...

Hanoi has turned out to be a mixed bag for us due to a couple of unpleasant experiences. The first was as attempt to sell us a bogus tour. Thank goodness for Visa. Our first night back in Hanoi, I was pick pocketed. We are trying to work it out as I type this. They have something called a beer corner where they set out plastic chairs and everyon...

Met a few people at the hostel the night before. Decided to go see the Temple of Literature and Hoa Lo Prison with 5 other people (Andrew from Australia, Jeremy and Darren from Ireland, Renout from Holland and Hans from Germany). I think the girls were on their way to the chocolate buffet. It was raining so hard that day. I had to get a raincoat...

We set off from Yangshuo early Thursday evening hoping to catch the night bus all the way to the border(Pingxiang), which should have got us there around 7.30am! That was the plan anyway! We got a bus to Guilin from Yangshuo (about 1 hour North) where legend has it you can get a night bus to the border! Upon arrival in Guilin the bus station was...