Huyen Trang Hotel Hanoi

... Halong Bay

Tomorrow we head off for a 3-day/2 night cruise on Halong Bay, an area with stunning scenery. There were a few last-minute concerns about the highly-recommended boat cruise company that we had chosen (related to internet stories of cockroaches and rats making themselves at home on the boat) but it sounds like the issue has been dealt with.

Debbie – you should have come! You would love it here!!

... getting lost in Changi Airport for the XX times. He got the wrong terminal again and did you know that at Terminal 2/3 of Changi Airport, there is a go-kart for you to have a go when you want to stretch your legs in transit?

Anyway, focus on to my trip to Hanoi. Peter found out that he needed a visa to Vietnam at 11th hour. So he would have to miss the flight and I had to take 2 kids under 8 on my own to a socialist country and a country ...

... the traffic: everyone follows the rule of no rule here, everyone uses their horn constantly.

And the lives of the Vietnamese? I believe financially they are much better off now than before, and they have more freedom too, as long as they don’t challenge the party’s rule. The government still keeps a close tap on things: An and Van’s father, a well-known writer living in Hanoi, is being monitored; one of my new friends here is a sales director of a ...

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... so that was a bonus as well. We caught the airport minibus which dropped us off at Hoan Kiem Lake. According to the Lonely Planet Guide, legend has it that in the mid-15th century, Heaven sent an Emperor a magical sword which he used to drive the Chinese out of Vietnam. One day after the war, he happened upon a giant golden tortoise swimming on the surface of the water; the creature ...

... who struggled to load our big bags into the back of his van. He then ferried us the hour-long journey into the centre of the city, to the the old quarter, and to our hostel. We were greeted and sent immediately to bed, where Finola failed to get any sleep because of a noisy aircon unit (she said it went "click....click....clicklclickclick" all night long, over and over - she was massively ****** off, normally being able ...

... Tours : 7 day (Date 11/3/2007)









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Hanoi, Dac Lac, Vietnam daond22

... is open and Zen orders coffee an a Vietnamese breakfast. The coffee was exelent and the Vietnamese breakfast was also first class.
After a great breakfast we got to the Platium 2 hotel to collect some clean clothes before setting off for a drive to Holong Bay for overnight cruise on the Holong Jasmine.
After crossing the Red River and escaping the Hanoi Traffic we make our way through the growing number of large factory complexes under construction ...

... are going to quarantine him and us! We stopped at Ping Xiang and got off the train. We put our carry on bags through the scanner, but left our luggage on board. We were told that they were rechecking our temperatures. We waited for an hour and then reboarded the train and we sat without moving for a while. Bill and I did some more reading and did not let the Mongolian close the door to our room. After a while the train started moving again and we tried to get some sleep.

... coté vendent...Voici le lien a cet organisme sans but lucratif, au cas ou vous passez dans le coin de Hanoi...http://www.craftlink.com.vn/ Et l'aventure recommence en taxi.........vous vous rappelez, je vous parlais d'une aventure il y a quelque jours ou Gringo Pat avait pété sa coche lorsque le meter traffiqué du taxi partait en fou.......Ben, prise 2 des aventures en Taxi....Cette fois-ci, notre ti-cul de chauffeur nous a fait faire le grand tour...le GRAND tour. Pas ...