Hai Yen

... points to sign): Goryoukaku? Local man: Hai (yes) Brad (holds out 230 Yen): Good yen for bus? Local Man (checks the yen): Hai. (switches to English): You good. Australia? Brad (switches to Spanish suddenly): Si (yes). (switches to Japanese): I mean ...

16th May 2010 Lynne........   Unfortunately we have a nasty habit of saying we are going to stay in a place for a set amount of days and then adding to them. It's not usually a problem, that’s what travelling is all about but when you have a ...

... a nice change! We stayed at a place called Hai Yen which was at the end of the main touristy part, heading towards the fishing village. Hai Yen was lovely, air con room was very nice – had cable TV to keep Tom happy and I was delighted with the pool ...

... -fu shit! This was quite entertaining for 10 minutes (yes, this long!). Eventually we found a placid taxi driver who drove us to Hai Yen Hotel where we booked into a room on the first floor. We grabbed some food as we were both starving then decided to ...

... there was a tuk-tuk driver! Luckily a cab wasn’t far off when we walked on to the main road and we set off for Hai Yen guesthouse. We got a really nice room although it did smell of foist and set out to look for some food. No restaurants about, very ...

... drive & it feels like we are going out more into the country side....much less concrete than Saigon! We are staying at the Hai Yen hotel & our room is on the top balcony overlooking the sea & the pool, its great & the food & ...

... staying with Westerners unless they're married - even if it is a twin bed room!  Turns out to our advantage as the new hotel, Hai Yen has much nicer rooms, including air con and Tv, for just $2 extra. The first sight of the day was the Fairy ...

... news but who will obey, by fear of increasing her daughter's mixed emotions... And I am not so sure at that point that Hai Yen totally understands the potential benefit of such a move. Another broken heart. Richard and I also have a broken heart. We were ...

... the next day. We decided to try out Hai yen, an amazing restarant that just opened up on Clark Street in Chicago. It's actually the second Hai Yen to grace our streets; the first one is way up on Argyle... worth the trip, but far none the less. So great ...

... itself. The wind in our hair and not a worry in the world, except maybe breaking down and missing checkout at the Hai Yen who had a crazy moneymaking policy for late checkout clearly displayed in our room. The white dunes were marvelous, rather ...

... it is monsoon season and the driver never took his hand of the horn. I have found a really smart young lady at Vietnam tours, Ms Hai Yen. After a very quick request she has put together a very nice little tour... Sapa in the north, a night on a junk ...

... meant that I was right beside the large trucks we passed by with only centimeters to spare! At last at Ha Tien I checked into the Hai Yen hotel. I got a large double double room with a bath for $16.50 per night. The hotel is huge but strangely empty. I ...

... immediately. The smell of roasting dog is one you can't forget and my gag reflex is kicking in just typing this. We're staying at the Hai Yen, and we are the ONLY guests which creeps me out a little bit. All I can think of is "The Shining" and I have ...

... for the night and once again in a matter of minutes we had been invited into a family's home, taken on a tour of the village by Hai Yen (who spoke excellent Chinese, I am told) and then watched the sun set over the village from the rooftop of the house. ...

... imagine a Vietnamese market to be with the women wearing the conal hats and their pyjama like clothing!!!!  HOT TIPS for travellers: (1)Hai Yen Bungalow is great value at USD$6 for a single room with private bath and on the beach. 062 847243. ...

... tyre so had to walk about 1.5 km back. After some much needed sleep that evening Min, Julia, Chris and mysef had dinner at Hai Yen guesthouse the food here is really cheap and quite good, definitely would have stayed here if I came here again cos of the ...