Hong Ha Hotel Hanoi
204 Tran Quang Khai, Hoan Kiem Hanoi, Vietnam
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Welcome to the capital!
... the city is about. It seems quite similar to Saigon in terms of the busy, bustling roads, streets of dilapidated shops and plenty of places to buy Pho! On first impressions I doesn't quite have the charm of Saigon but I think because I spent so long there I have possibly developed a sentimentality for it, that places Hanoi on a back foot straight away.
Despite having done absolutely nothing for the previous 18 hours I was exhausted so we freshened up and had a ...
Hanoi & Halong Bay
... our fill we passed out!
Wednesday, we got up, had a big breakfast and headed out to kill a few hours before our evening flight back to HCMC. We decided to do part of the walking tour from our book that we didn’t get to before. We started at Hoan Kiem Lake which is apparently THE place for wedding photos. We had to have passed 7 couples taking pictures next to the lake. We then went to Ngoc Son Temple that is on a small island at the North side of the ...
Bittersweet Symphony
After a sunny day rock climbing beside the river (first time outdoors- ek!) we some how managed to pull ourselves away from Laos and move on with our trip. Hard move but it was needed.
Earlier on this trip, I was asked how in the world everything was working out so perfectly, so I scrounged through my memory to find the rougher times of our travels. Vietnam, unfortunately so far, has given us a very hard time in an obvious way. Some might include:
- Getting to the boarder ...
Hanoi Faux Pas number 347
At a halloween party, my first proper house party here. I am dressed as a cross between Batman (with sexy loincloth) and Catman (with silk leopardprint boxer shorts and whiskers). Ignoring the barrage of unhelpful comments ('mate, what exactly ARE you?') I get into the spirit, the free bar and the music. All is well, despite being pursued by a transvestite who is apparently on viagra.
But then I turn sensible. I go to the kitchen to get some ...
Good and Bad
... br>
So the bike is all sorted out. I do have to go and buy a new electrical box on the way out of town tomorrow, it'll be about $8. It's this magic box under the seat that has no other function other than to fail randomly and leave you stuck on the side of the road. Seriously though, the best description I have read of the operation of this box basically states that it takes power in from different sources on one ...


