Hanoi Queen Cafe Hotel

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* no sodding avocados. (see blog from previous travels)

* tooot toot tooot beeep beep BEEEP hONK beep beep beep toot hONK. you get the idea.

* and consequently, the pollution is pretty bad. but hey, it's asia, ce la vie.

and some things that are just a bit wierd:
* want shoes? there's a whole street selling them. want jackets? it's the next street over. random stuff made of tin? oh yes, there's a street for it. apparently started in year ...

... me to tours Vietnam and Cambodia, and perhaps Laos as well. There are many tour options and there are also cruises as well for those who wish to visit the famous Halong Bay. I think it's good to know a little about the country you plan to visit. Beside tourist spots, I think it is good to know a little about the people and the culture just so you know what to expect. If you're looking for ...

... 8221; of Dzao people. At the end of Dragon time and at the beginning of Snake time on the first day and second day of january in lunar calendar, the Dancing Tet of Red Dzao people will be held only at the patriarch’s house in Ta Phin village.
Sapa is a small market town that has been a gathering spot for many local hilltribes for nearly 200 years. Sapa market always opens on every Sunday. H’mong and Dzao people, among others, still come here to conduct trade and ...

... ceramic village, Dong Ho wooden painting village, carving village of Dong Ky and the rattan - knitting village of Phu Vinh.

The first trip was Bat Trang, Bat Trang is a village in North Vietnam about 13 kilometers south east of Hanoi , on the Red river . It has been famous for its ceramics for a thousand years, particularly dinnerware and ornamental ware. The Bat Trang producers export ceramic goods annually to the value of over million ...

... 45 mins. When they left I peeled myself off the floor from where I lay down to relax afterwards. I then had another fun 5th grade before going to lunch. After lunch I had another 5th grade class but then another 1st grade class was waiting at the door and I could see in their eyes the desire to eat me alive. I was starting to get wore down by the time they took their seats and I started in with the instructions. The interpreter helped again and we tried to ...

... is imposed on the town that prohibits places being open after midnight. This would mean you would have to search for the bars and clubs that had bribed the police to stay open that night. It serves as a good racket for the ever present prostitutes and pimps as after this time their pretty much the only ones left on the streets. One night when we ...

... Fall and have lunch in Tay village. After lunch,
we get on the boat back to Pac Ngoi village and stay overnight on stilt
house of Tay ethnic minority.

Day 3: Ba be – Hanoi
After
breakfast, we take a short trek in the National Park, and then leave Ba
Be for Hanoi. Have lunch on the way back. Tour ends around 4 Pm in
Hanoi!

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... of traffic in very narrow little streets and no footpaths to walk on ( they are covered in parked motorbikes) weaving your way down the streets amoungst the traffic is really an experience all of its own!!.
We haven't taken in any of the classic sites yet as monday all the musuems and sights are closed so we will catch up with that in the last 2 days.
Off to Halong bay tomoro.

... and vendor A). The haggling experience, on the other hand, is no different from what we found in any other country, and we always come to an amiable agreement, even if we do not make a purchase. Based upon the guidebook's recommendations, we based ourselves in the Old Quarter of Hanoi. This turned out to be a mistake as the Old Quarter is a frustrating warren of narrow dirty streets choked with motorbikes, cyclos, and cars all generating an enormous bedlam of honking horns ...

... to lifesize constructions of the native living accomodation of the h'mong people we just learned about inside. Members of the different tribes were brought to the museum to assemble them, giving a real aire of authenticity. Throw in the fact you can even go inside and take a look around, brilliant. A communal house constructed by the bahnar people was the show piece as it towered over the museum complex. At 19 metres in height, it took 42 men to ...