Hilton Hanoi Opera

... gym while Pho worked diligently on this blog.  Today we checked out of the Intercon (awesome hotel) and checked into the Hilton Hanoi Opera House.  Just for your info, it's not the infamous Hanoi Hilton.  Flo made a new buddy that followed ...

      Hello Hanoi heat wave! Our taxi took us to the Hilton Hanoi Opera. It was in a lovely section of town adjacent to the opera house, posh hotels, parks and a lake. But it was hot! We ran inside and hid from the heat until the much ...

... ; On a side note, a few years ago the Hilton Hotel chain opened up a hotel in Hanoi but they called it the “Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel.”  I’m guessing maybe they felt calling it the Hanoi Hilton had a bad ring to it but I think I ...

... . I think I can handle that. Matt and I are staying at the Hanoi Hilton. Yep, except they call it the Hilton Hanoi Opera. I guess there are negative associations with Hanoi Hilton. We've somehow been placed on the executive floor. Not quite sure why. I ...

... Plasma) and bedroom and was very comfortable.  We had access to the Executive Suite so went up there before bed for a drink and snack whilst watching Serena vs Venus in the Wimbledon Final.  (Hotel:  Hilton Hanoi Opera  Room ...

... and right next door to it was the Hilton Hotel, which for obvious reasons isn't called the Hanoi Hilton, rather the  Hilton Hanoi Opera. As we had arrived in Vietnam with only the flimsiest of notions of what the itinerary looked like, we spent a day ...

... really the only thing she did as a leader that we didn't really agree with, other than that she was excellent.   So to the Hanoi Hilton (HH), and no it wasn't a chain of the hotels where we could grab a slap up lunch. The HH is the nickname given ...

... 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 Hilton is near the ...

... in the street. So instead of getting a boot or a ticket their bike is literally picked up and carried off. We stayed at the Hanoi Hilton, which ironically enough is what the prison is named in Hanoi. So when taking a cab you have to specify the hotel ...

... Vietnam is the food.  I had the best meals in Hanoi.  Absolutely fantastic.   After that I went to the "Hanoi Hilton," the old prison in downtown Hanoi.  Now a museum, it highlights the brutal treatment of Vietnamese by the French ...

After three days slumming it in hostels it was time for another tatse of luxury - thiis time in the Hanoi Hilton hotel. Can you believe it! There can't be many better kicks than blagging a room at a five star hotel on the grounds of writing a ...

... and didn't get much time to get out of the old quarter. On the first day in Hanoi we visited the infamous Hanoi Hilton, which was a political prison from 1900's until 1960's. It then became a prison to house American Pilots captured by during the war ...

... , perfectly and rather disturbingly preserved. During the Vietnam war Americans held at the prison ironically nicknamed it the "Hanoi Hilton". Intriguingly, all of the Vietnam War exhibits insist on the fact that the Vietnamese were honourable, kind and ...

... to the Museum of Literature, Ethnology Museum, One Temple Pagoda and to the Hoa Lo Prison, generally referred to as the ‘Hanoi Hilton’, where John McCain served time during the American War…as they all tend to call it. We felt exhausted ...

... actually run! I am very grateful that it is going ahead. how disappointing would that be? This morning we did a cyclo tour of Hanoi, which was nice because i never did that last time in Vietnam. (a cyclo is like a rickshaw, but a cyclist pushing you ...

... we walked to a swank hotel for an afternoon cocktail. Got a little lost walking back to the hotel and stumbled on the 'Hanoi Hilton' prison! The traffic here is CHAOS and crossing the street/dodging scooters takes a strong stomach. I am sure Mary will ...

It's been a crazy few days, so the blogs had been lacking.  Here are some pictures of Hanoi.  We're off to Ho Long Bay, so we'll everyone in a few days. ...