Hanoi Legend Hotel
47 Luong Ngoc Quyen street Hanoi, Vietnam
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Hanoi & Halong Bay
... country and the people who fought against oppressing powers, mostly French, Japanese and American. Though some of the artifacts were quite cool and they had explanations in English, the story wasn’t really cohesive enough for someone who didn’t know the details of Vietnam's history. We didn’t get to see the whole thing because they closed for lunch, but we were there a good few hours. Guillaume actually had a bit of a history lesson. We learned where, ...
Backbackers central!!
... get the visas at the weekend! Nothing much to report in nanning, same as everywhere else. Hostel was the best weve stayed in so far, nice lounge area with big tv and dvds. we spent our time there by the lake so phil could do a spot of fishing and i did a tiny bit of sunbathing when the sun was out.
The border crossing to vietnam was very easy! They took us through on little gold buggy kind of things and took no more than half hour.
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Hanoi City tour
Fantastic guide for our private tour of the city highlights. First stop Uncle Ho's mausoleum, then walked through the presidential complex. Museums, Temple of Literature, pho lunch then back to the old city for a walk through the narrow streets ...
Cyclo day
So no chance I was able to go back to sleep when I last wrote. So I remembered reading about how great it is to walk to the lake early in the morning and watch the people do there Thai Chi, so off I went at 530 am. Well I was not disappointed. Hundreds of Vietnamese doing Thai Chi and a great peaceful morning with a couple of lattes. By 630 am thEy are all of to work and the HONkING BEGINS. This has to be the ...
Crossing the Street in Hanoi
... scooter driver to see us and calculate our progress as they also kept track of the other traffic and pedestrians. When impact seemed imminent, each one would swerve slightly and miss us.
This was another instance of Asian city driving similar to what I witnessed in Chengdu, China. Speeds are a little lower, and each driver (and pedestrian) is hyper-alert to both visual and audio events so ...



