Viet Anh II Hotel Hanoi

... on how to post on my blog page, Facebook and similar sites. Interestingly enough the excerpt really isn't one of my better ones in my opinion. Different strokes for different folks, I say.

Here is the link to go see: http://blog.travelpod.com/2009/09/24/ha ppiest-countries-in-the-world/. And to a borrow a friend’s comment, “…you were the only male selected as well and you did not even have to wear ...

... of the evening chatting & drinking with them! Afterwards, we headed for something to eat & went to a bar accross the road. Come 12 we got thrown out. Its mad how early the pubs close here! If they tried closing the pubs at 12 at home on a saturday night there'd be uproar! We had no other choice but call it a night!

1st Nov
We decided to get sorted for Halong Bay today. First we headed for breakfast, where we met a retired Irish couple, they were really ...

... we had to pay. The hotel is very clean, friendly, helpful staff. It is more than we wanted to pay for accommodation as we need to get back down to £2.00 per person per night. It worked out to be £4.00 per person per night, but we couldn't be bothered to move on as it seemed like to much effort after a long day.

After some good food, (burger and chips in the hostel, £1) we took a walk to ...

... where we got lunch and then walked around this random village that was clearly created just for the tourists but which they tried to pawn us off as a 'traditional village'. It was so traditional that it even had a Starbucks!
We lazed around the hotel pool for one day and decided that we were bored of Hong Kong and that we were going to go to another country.
So the next day we took the ferry to Macau which is another island off China. It ...

... operating moving vehicles will anticipate your movements and adjust their speed/direction accordingly! The other thing is soon you will be an old hand at the whole process and will actually be feeling quite comfortable walking IN the streets AMONGST the traffic (many times there is no choice, trust me.)

Lake Hoan Kiem is a picturesque body of water with an interesting legend attached to it, although I won't relate it here. A pathway rings the shoreline, which we followed. As ...

... the same school system, different school though.

Last night I went to a fast food Pho restaurant and had a huge bowl of rice noodle soup. It comes with a plate of "add ins". I was so hungry I'd added the "add-ins" before I could photograph it but I can tell you it all added alot to what probably would be a rather plain soup. The plate had limes, cilantro & basil leaves, sliced hot red peppers, bean sprouts. I also ordered fried bread as an ...

28th

Arrived in Hanoi after a reasonable journey. Even though this sleeper looked better than our previous sleeper bus it wasn't as comfortable and so I didn't get as good a nights sleep. Once off the bus we caught a taxi to the Hanoi Backpackers Hostel, the hostel is located in the middle of an alley way just a couple of roads away from the main city centre. The alleyway is filled with loads of other hostels and so this area of town is full of other ...

... Thai To moved the country's capital from Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh to Thang Long (today's Ha Noi). There's more record-breaking architecture. The pagoda's magnificent three-door gate is the biggest of this kind in Viet Nam, built with 550 tonnes of iron wood. Four 13,8m-high pillars tower over the entrance, flanked by two 5.5m-high solid bronze guard statues, weighing 12 tonnes each. Around the gate are eight smaller bronze statues of Kim Cuong angels, each weighing 8 tonnes ...

... in a taxi we saw a big crowd by the lake and jumped out. Apparently we had just missed the turtle! Jasmine had never seen it before in her life and we were so close! We went for a drink at the top of a building overlooking the lake and the views were really good.

We met up with some more of Jasmine's friends for dinner and they picked us up on the back of there scooters. This ride was even crazier than the last one! We went around the lakes to a really local restaurant ...

... phố hơn 1 tiếng đồng hồ trước khi lên cửa khẩu Cầu Treo.
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