Binh Minh Hotel Hanoi

... cruise in a traditional Junk boat, discover caves & fishing villages, explore the lagoon. ..... Day 1: Hanoi arrival - Transfer from airport to hotel - Afternoon brief meeting - Overnight in Hanoi Day 2: Hanoi (B) - Breakfast at hotel - Full ...

... am back in Hanoi for a couple of days before my flight back to Bangkok. Where I stayed: I am staying at the Hoa Binh Palace Hotel as The Elegance Hotels where I usually stay are fully booked. Mr. Binh from Elegance 2 recommended the Hoa Binh and I booked ...

... and said, "No. Ho Chi Minh was a General."  They also have a Hilton, but the huge western hotel that rises up above the original "Hanoi Hilton" (known as the Maison Centrale, or Hoa Lu prison here) is not actually a Hilton.  The ...

... the night and had set off the alarms - luckily we were checking out that morning! After brekkie at the hotel, we went for a sight-seeing tour around Hanoi. We went to see the Hanoi Hilton prison, the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, and the Temple of ...

... him to sing Happy Birthday. We were met by our guide for the day and we set off to visit the highlights of Hanoi. First we went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum complex where, despite wishing to be cremated on his death, his corpse is on display in a glass ...

... to hotel in Hanoi to check in. Overnight in Hanoi. Day 2: Hanoi - Tam Coc - Bich Dong - Ninh Binh (B / L) Breakfast in the hotel in Hanoi. Together with Our car and tour guide leaving Hanoi in the morning for a 2-hour drive to Ninh Binh, 100km South ...

... (with some funny pronunciations) but unfortunately the van driver couldn't.  From the airport we were transferred to Splendid Star Hotel * in Hanoi.  We had to walk through a short alley** to reach the hotel front as the street was very narrow ...

... ;We spoke with the lady at reception about all the different options for what we wanted to do and see here in Hanoi.  Knowing that the Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum closed at 11am and it was going to be closed the following day due to a holiday we ...

... tourist district to find the Tandoori restaurant and had a really nice lunch for about VND500,000 including pricey drinks. We found our Hanoi Hotel for after Sapa - the Hanoi Elegance 2, and it looked very nice from the lobby! There was a white towel ...

... . We enjoyed the water-spewing dragons and puppets carrying fire-lit torches. Saturday we took a day trip to the Nin Binh area, south of Hanoi. Although it is not far away, local traffic and unsealed roads made the bus trip long and bumpy. We arrived in ...

... all way along back roads and showed us the "real Ninh-binh".  He took us to a Vietnamese restaurant that not even the Hanoi Toursists knew about.  Lunch for 3 for $4.  Another great deal. He really seemed to like us, and our efforts to ...

... "refurbished" out of the country at Madame Thoussoud's (sp?) I hope he is back when we make one of our visit.s to Hanoi. We got to the Ho Chi Minh museum, just as it closed as well. Lots to see the next time we get here. We saw the lake where ...

... longer than expected as we tried to change our flight dates to Hong Kong. Spent most of yesterday afternoon walking around Hanoi on a wild goose chase between Cathay Pacific and Qantas's offices..(henceforth referred to as Laurel and Hardy). We ...

... of conflicting stories about the war from various tour guides, but still not nice stories. Saigon is much quieter than Hanoi, and our staff in the hotel are lovely. We are healthy and sleeping well, and boy we are eating plenty!! haha Hope all is well at ...

... and were all dressed very intimidatingly. On the way to the hotel we saw 1 car accident and a woman who fell off her motorbike. Our hotel cant get any better at this stage as far as anything goes! for I think $22US a night we have a team of staff to ...

... which keep the capital city buzzing. The choice of hotel for the stay in HCMC was the centrally-located Tan My Dinh hotel, which scored maximum points for its location alone, not to mention the commanding views from the restaurant, and the well-fitted ...

... truly all shaped like camels humps and there are hundreds of them - amazing place. Now we are in Hanoi - the city of Uncle Ho [Ho Chi Minh], the father of Vietnamese independence and communism. Tomorrow we visit his tomb where he is preserved like ...

... livestock or rice sacks on board, just lots of people on the move to celebrate Tet with their families. Arrived in Hanoi and headed for a hotel we liked the sound of in the old city stopping for some deligious fried tofu with noodles, chilli and lemon ...

... pushbikes, crossing the road becomes very interesting. If you don't like the thought of walking out without looking perhaps Hanoi might be a better choice. I actually perfected this technique with a hangover. Whilst bright and alert, it is natural to ...

... and not missed a thing. Linda's Entry: We left Sapa via a 10-hour overnight sleeper train back to Hanoi to make a connection to Ninh Binh, a sleepy town 93km from Hanoi. Unfortunately, we experienced a "scam" metered taxi driver who tried to charge ...