Nam Phuong Hotel Hanoi

... only one! We soon learned that our road crossing technique also needed some revising. The 'don't look and they wont hit you', and the 'just keep walking/adopt a child' method wouldn't work here! This was a 'step by step' job. The cars and motorbikes will try not to hit you... but wont try very hard! The slower you cross, the more time they have to devise a path in which to narrowly miss you. It's how the locals do it. We had to learn that very quickly as ...

... know it is a Monday! And then finally after work going up a great stretch of road coming up into the old quarter and before I know it I’m by Hoan Kiem lake and it’s all lit up with the turtle temple in the centre of the lake doing its sparkly bit and then on to the mad junction which is lit up like a Christmas tree every evening. The women with so many balloons they all look as if they’re all about to take off up into the atmosphere never to be seen again ...

Apres la tempete Ketsana, le beau temps est vite revenu et nous avons bien profite de la plage a Hoi An. Nous avons meme prolonge le sejour de quelques jours. Hoi An est un petit village ou abonde des centaines de boutiques de tailleurs. Nous avons donc profite de l occasion pour se faire confectionner des vetements sur mesure. Les resultats sont tres satisfaisants. Si le ...

... some of it was really charming, with dragon puppets, fairies and other mythical creatures (including the legendary golden turtle) and traditional musicians playing to one side of the stage. By the end, when the screen went up to reveal the puppeteers, who were grinning and waving, I think I nearly had a tear in my eye......

That's all for now, as I'm off up into the mountains for a couple of days, to visit Sapa, home of many hill tribes, and ...

... etc. For every one tourist, and we are definitely fish out of water targets, so no confusion there--there are approximately 100,000 people wishing to sell us stuff. We were asked to buy fans, ball caps and fresh donuts. We were asked if we needed rides or tours. Bill was offered shoe repair on his perfectly functioning sandals. He did buy a ball cap, after being followed half a block by a persistent young lady. He felt that he ...

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... stinking hot Hanoi, we're already 1 behind. Oh well this is travelling - un-predictable and frustrating. Predictably the backpackers have given a mild shrug and decided to worry about breakfast instead. It is a bore but hey - there's worse places in the world to get stuck. We may be behind, we may not have a bed for tonight, but we're still laughing!

Allan

... n nhắc tính chất của từng bên, kết luận luôn đưa đến kẻ yếu nhất sẽ thắng thế. Không phải sức mạnh, mà yếu tố tâm lý. Chính lòng tham, sự quan ngại, tranh chấp, tính toán, lẫn sự hỗ trợ trái ngược của những quốc gia đứng ngoài sẽ làm rạn nứt liên minh giữa chính họ với kẻ đang thắng thế. Càng dài lâu, kẻ thua thiệt càng nhiều cơ hội. Mặt khác ...

The opening ceremony of the 2009 Ha Long Bay Tourism Festival was held in Bai Chay tourism area and Ha Long city center on April 25. This year's annual festival is dedicated to the sea, land and sky. The festival is a massive cultural and sports event in order to highlight Quang Ninh Province's beauty and geological wonders and Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After the ...

... can imagine on the back, stacked way beyond any sensible western Health & Safety rules would endorse. The width off the bikes are at least doubled when full, sometimes more, the rear suspension struggles and wheezes exhaustion fumes, above a lady walks onto her balcony, picks up some clothes, twists a hanging ornament of some description and closes the red shutters returning to the sanctuary of the concrete. It has been raining on and off ...