Phuc Thanh Hotel Hanoi

190 Nguyen Van Cu Str., Long Bien Dist. Hanoi, Vietnam

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A New World

A travel blog entry by mrsharvey

... In front of everyone. The pack was ruined, and now we smelt like booze hounds, to boot. There is something so frustrating when something completely avoidable happens, and it put a distinct dent in Ken's day, for a couple of hours at least. We finally located our minibus back to Hanoi, and the driver drove interminably slowly, which meant that it took four and a half hours to get back. This time I saw a man riding his motorbike with at least twenty goldfish inside individual ...

Organised chaos

A travel blog entry by monkey_moore

... Bay (on Cat Ba island) for another night. We cruise back to Halong City with some extras who have just had their day on Cat Ba island for lunch where I sit with the Argentinian girls and Spanish boys and am pleasantly surprised by how much of their conversation (which is in Spanish) I understand and can contribute a little to. We make it back to Hanoi without any accidents blocking the road and I discover a pair of Scottish girls, Meg and Sheila, are getting on the ...

Saying hey to Ho!

A travel blog entry by seanspacifica

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... over to have a look and she had a copy of it there although you can be absolutely certain it's a photocopied version. I asked how much, and she replied 350,000 dong. It says 6 dollars on the back and she is asking for $17 for a photocopy of it. I just laughed and said I wanted it for 40,000 ($2) and we parted company both thinking the other was an idiot. I eventually got it for 50,000 so glad I didn't assume she was being fair.

We've eaten out a fair bit (every single meal) ...

Chickens, toothpaste, temples, and prisons.

A travel blog entry by tuckerman4

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... interestingly enough called the American War) to hold American POWs including John McCain. It was the Americans who dubbed the prison the Hanoi Hilton. US history books will tell you of the torture and cruel interrogation techniques that the American prisoners were subjected to. The exhibit inside the prison tells a much different story. There are photos on the walls of the American POWs decorating for Christmas, going to mass, playing basketball, ...

Just stay alive!

A travel blog entry by ankesan

... seien. Der Mann zeigte auf eine Strasse ca.10-15 min. entfernt, von da wo wir eigentlich haetten sein muessen. Spaetestens jetzt war uns klar, dass es ein abgekatertes Spiel zwischen Taxifahrer und Hotel war/ist.
Wir sind zurueck ins " Hostel" (welches lt. Mitarbeiter dort ein Partner Hostel sein sollte von dem eigentlichen wo ...