Ha Noi Astoria Hotel Hanoi
151 Hang Bong Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam
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Hanoi 19th Jan 2009 - 20th Jan 2009
19th Jan 2009 Depart Vientiane and arrive in Hanoi 1st I must update on the missing cardigan - found the following day by a fellow traveller (I say found, she took it. Daniel's disguise at the time confused her and thought he was someone else so took it for safe keeping). And the missing flip flop - found on the 2nd day of tubing (what luck that …
Good Morning Vietnam
Well 4am finally came, after a sleepless night wondering if the taxi would show up and if we would miss the alarm - this feels too much like my last 4 years at work and I'm pleased we won't be taking any early morning flights for the next few months !! The taxi was waiting and made really quick time, although we're sure the driver was nodding off a …
A visit to see Uncle Ho
We had a slow start to the day and after breakfast of fried eggs and baguettes we walked west to the Ho Chi Minh Complex. We got there at 10.10am just in time to drop our bags into the cloakroom and visit Ho Chi Minh's embalmed body in his Mausoleum. We had read up on this and we knew that we had to show the utmost respect. Uncle Ho is still a …
The Art of Water Puppetry
After a day of visiting Uncle Ho and wandering the around different temples, we opted for a more relaxed affair. Starting with a nice lie in, and then heading out to the Old Quarter, before finishing the night off with a water puppet show. Sounds like a lot, but should be one of our easier days. With our trusted Lonely Planet we walked along the …
A Journey of Ethnic Proportions
Having booked a tour to Sapa (about 380km north from Hanoi) to encounter the ethnic h'mong people of Vietnam, a little homework was in order. Roughly 8 kilometres away from the Hoan Kiem District is the Museum of Ethnology. All past and present hill tribe people are documented in great detail, including the Black and Flower h'mong we will see first …



