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15 Ngo Quyen St Hanoi, Vietnam, 84-4-8266919

Arrived on the 15th Oct and took a cyclo ride to reorientate our selves with the city. Ate at Wild Rice, Ngo Thi Nham Street, which I would highly recommend. On the 16th we took a taxi to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.Unfortunately the Mausoleum is closed until November but the nearby Presidential Palace and Ho Chi Minh's stilt house were very interesting. We then spent some time at the One Pillar Pagoda. Later we went back to Hoan Kiem Lake and took in the Rising Sun Bridge and Jade Mound Temple .
Hanoi, Vietnam buckleysinasiaHANOI! What can we say? Buckets more rain; local flooding (worst in 25 years) How lucky are we? But we didn't let it cramp our style; began our stay after checking in at the Sofitel Metropol (extremely POSH!) we hopped into a Cyclo; both of us I might add; the poor bloke really had his work cut out for an hour showing us around the old quarter. No wonder these Vietnamese are so skinny! The old quarter is very vibrant; the streets are appropriately named for the wares they sell; Silk street, B...
Hanoi, Vietnam gregmceArrived back from Halong Bay to the Sofitel Metropole about 3:00pm. We had another very nice room in the Opera wing. We didn't do much, just (re) packed ready to come home and then went and sat by the pool bar. We went for tea in the Spices restaurant at the hotel, which was very nice. We left the hotel for Hanoi airport for the trip home at 10:30am
Hanoi, Vietnam gregmceWe had a one night stay in Hanoi after Halong Bay and Laura took the initiative and bought a room at the Sofitel Metropole. This is one of the top 3 hotels in South East Asia (the other two being the Oriental in Bangkok and Raffles in Singapore) and man what a difference! Perfect sheets, turn down service, an enclosed shower, LCD TV's and a breakfast buffet (huge, better than any I've ever seen) with on-demand chefs are just a few reasons to blow your budget for a night here. WE DIDN'T WANT T...
Hanoi, Vietnam itsgotimeWe woke up around 8:30 today and chilled in the room for a bit. We had found a walking tour that we could do on our own in the French quarter, just south of the lake. So we plotted the route on our map. We had decided to go with Handspan's Halong Bay tour, so we went and booked it. They seemed to be pretty busy even in low season, so we were happy we could get a booking for tomorrow. We went to the Tamarind café again, since their breakfast is so good. Then we began our self-tour. We walked d...
Hanoi, Vietnam jesseandzoeWell we are getting a bit slack on the 'blogging' over the last week! Apologies for the lack of photo's....we promise we're taking lots!! Its just hard to find computers that we can download them on...also it takes so dam long too! Anyway we have been in Hoi An for the last 3 days. Its a great little city, very quiet and clean. We have been having a field day getting tailored clothes made for dirt cheap, and the last two days we have spent at Cua Dao beach about 5 kms out. Its been so hot, so...
Hoi An, Vietnam joshloz We spent about 3 days here.
We visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Ho Chi Minh is preserved and lies in a glass case. It is weird to see. There are guards everywhere and you have to remain silent.
You are checked before you enter and cannot take cameras.
On the last day I got food poisoning at a small dodgy cafe that only sells fish....looking back I should have known it would happen but our tour guide said it was nice and we were trying to have an authentic experience.
Last month, I took a personal trip to Hanoi in Vietnam with my parents. Before making the trip, I had searched for hotels in Hanoi with great location. I was looking for a luxury accommodation, with best service, since I wanted my parents to have a comfortable stay during their trip in Vietnam. Finally I made a decision to book rooms at Exotissimo Travel, and also bought tours in Vietnam from them. Exotissimo is a travel agent and tour operator widely known in Indochina and Southeast Asian re...
Hanoi, Vietnam siripenFlight from Danag to Hanoi was fine...glad to leave that guide and meet our next very sweet guide here - very nice hotel - Metropole...a little drizzle as we walked around Ho Chi Minh's house and park. Interesting man ! Toured some of the other sights - Temple of literature, Hanoi Hilton - the old prison...still MANY motor scooters...alot of traffic and people eating at all hours on the pavement ! Today we went out to the country to see a ceramics village - Mary wanted to know which of the hu...
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