Bach Tung Diep Hotel
Travel Blogs from Hanoi
Motorbikes!
The flight from Phu Quoc to Hanoi meant we had to stop in Ho Chi Minh City airport for a few hours, which was where we discovered 333 lager. This stuff is incredible, it made the few hours seem like a few minutes, and then when Brian suggested we purchase some to take on the plane with us, it made the two hour flight time disappear in a matter of …
Buffalo Buffalo
... a Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk again - I'm getting used to this very sweet coffee - at Cafe 96 along the riverside (high on Tripadvisor) the decor is very rustic - if we were at home someone would have paid thousands to get this look. Its the type of place you could spend hours relaxing with a good book. Their living quarters are through the back where you can see the family going about their daily lives. They have a line on the wall where the ...
Day 18
We woke up in Halong bay to another slightly gloomy morning, had breakfast and got on our bus to drive 4 hours back to the capital of Hanoi. On our approach to Hanoi we could see the slum outskirts and yet more fog in the distance but I was excited to see what Vietnam's capital had to offer! Our hotel was located in the old quarter which has buildings packed into every single square foot of available space. In the centre of town it costs about 15,000 USD per square meter of land ...
Dishonest taxi drivers -- BEWARE!
... discovering some hidden gems during my journey. I stick to the major streets that keep the same name from one end of town to the other, so as not to get lost in the city. It isn't until I get back to my neighborhood that I become lost again. At one point, I recognize the area, but am so confused as to which way my hotel is that I hire a peditaxi, who pedals me two blocks to my hotel...I was that close, but that lost. Duirng part ...
Hanoi-ing taxi drivers (by Ben)
Once we arrived at the train station in Hanoi, the first thing we did was to book our next train (to Sapa) for two days later. We then went outside to grab a a taxi. Unfortunately, against our better judgement, we decided we were too lazy to walk out to the road to grab a taxi and just took one of the waiting ones... Mistake. I had a suspicion from early on that the meter was running fast, and when we also reckoned he was taking a ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Business Services
- Free parking