Hanoi Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Hey guys,

Hows it going?? I am now my relaxed self after finally exiting China! Vietnam is so different. The people are sunny and happy, they dont harrass you and the hotel we are staying in has been so lovely for the price we paid. Most people speak English and people smile..... My kinda world!

We went to Hoa Lo prison museum ...

We arrived in Hanoi at 6.30 am and were offered accomodation b4 we even left the bus for $4usd each, so we agreed. Our Hostel was in the Old French Quarter of Hanoi. We had to walk down a skinny alleyway which was the meat selling street. The vietnamese place the meat cuts either on pieces of cardboard on the ground or have it displayed in baske...

Wednesday morning did not allow us much of a sleep-in to recover from the previous day's early start as we had a tour pick-up at 8:00am. Before meeting our guide in the hotel foyer on time we had awoken to the nice hotel buffet breakfast. It wasn't anything spectacular but there was a good selection of fruit and it catered for both western and l...

Happy Brithday Dad Have a lovely day, Im putting this up early as we are on a motorbike tour from tomorrow until Friday. I will give you a call on Friday to incase I dont get you tonight. You will have to listen carefully as there is alot of background noise where we are siting. Miss you both loads and lots of love. Clare and Alex xxxxxxxxxxxxxx...

After an early morning taxi ride to BKK airport I caught my flight to Hanoi. After finding my backpack, I made my way out to the arrivals and, avoiding the touts loitering around the ATMs, got some US dollars for my hotel and taxi. I took a taxi to my favourite hotel on Tin Street. While understanding very little English, the taxi driver, perhap...

Okej, hmm. Mitt visum ar pa villovagar pa ministeriet for foreign affairs, och de oraktiska delarna av studien star darfor fortfarande i sta. Tyvarr ar ju Vietnam kommunistskt vilket betyder mycket kontroll av alla turister. Troligen mer an vad man marker av iaf. Kontrollen sker bla genom att det ar absolut nodvandigt med orginalpass vartan man ...

Yesterday was uneventful considering the day we had today. We did more of the same yesterday: ate, drank, went to bed rather early as our inner clocks have not yet set themselves to local time. Today was different: It started out quite normal. We decided to head North. We typically wander South to the lake and west of Hoan Kiem. That's where man...

Well, all good things must come to an end--so here I sit in my basement room in Washington D.C. procrastinating my business reading and getting misty-eyed and nostalgic about this summer's adventures. Here are a few more pictures from my last days in wonderful, heady, fascinating Vietnam, a country I hope to get back to very soon (and yes, I kno...

17/1/06 Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, and Sapa Tis our last night in Hanoi. Caught the overnight train from Sapa last night, complete with startlingly rude French couple in the other bunks. We had a ball in Sapa. I've never seen such spectacular views. We stayed at the Cat Cat hotel (very apt as we saw two cats!) and our room, whilst being at the end of ...

So last night was my dreaded 20+ hour bus ride to Laos. I was excited to be leaving Vietnam though (or at least Hanoi) and going to a much more laid back country. I booked my ticket through my hotel (one of the many fake sinh cafe's) and paid $25 for it. He also offered me a ticket for $15 but said that was all local buses and sometimes there is...