Intercontinental Hanoi

... colonial buildings. I had brunch at the Hotel Metropole, Hanoi's grande dame for over 100 years. I chose to stay at the Intercontinental on West Lake.   The hotel is unusual because it is built over the lake in clusters of buildings connected ...

... and felt it would be better than Ho Chi Minh. We met up with Manj and her new friend Marc at our hotel, the Intercontinental.  After a big lunch at the hotel we headed to the Ho Chi Minh memorial to see HCM himself, who was embalmed like Lenin ...

... followed us around as we searched for nước.  She needs to learn how to "no" in Vietnamese. Tomorrow we're heading out to actually se Ho Chi Minh and going an "art tour of Hanoi," yep I'm broadening my horizons. K, C U tomorrow Pho ...

Just arrived in Hanoi. reminds us of Vancouver, kind of foggy and damp. checked into our hotel, the intercontinental which is an oasis of floating villas away from the chaos of Hanoi. Alot of mopeds as usual in vietnam, and lots of people fishing ...

... good Bun Cha at a street vendor.  The city was really peaceful at this time in the morning. We used hotel points for the Intercontinental and spent our money on wine and food.  We hit up happy hour at Vine and had 2 for 1 glasses of wine ...

... Burbank terminal might have looked like.   Cab took us to our modern but small hotel.    The Intercontinental is located on busy lake, with men fishing women doing laundery.  Pho made note "no" fish for dinner ...

... is a Vietnamese art form developed over 1000 years ago by rice farmers, and the most famous water puppetry troupe resides in Hanoi.  The show was charming and included a live orchestra playing Vietnamese folk music.  While we enjoyed the show, ...

... traffic of Hanoi. We entered Hanoi on a remote track down the levees of the Red River. I have taken my Chevy to the Levee in Hanoi. The people here seem so nice and happy. It is very hard to tell what is beneath in a communist country. They seem to be ...

... (B) Breakfast, Free time till transfer to PNH and direct to airport for flight international departure.   The quotation as follows: (Intercontinental in PNH, Apsara Holiday in REP, Arunreas in Kg.Thom, Mekong in Kg.Cham, N4 or Star Innin ...

... treated us while in India together, with one of the biggest treats being in Goa when they paid for our day at the Intercontinental Hotel--a day of Golf, pool side drinks, chess and frisbee.  Of course, they used the excuse of our birthdays at the ...

... on a plastic bag and tucked in anyway, much to the annoyance of our guide.  Back to Hanoi for a good scrub, and an excellent evening in the Intercontinental with a good friend, real brie cheese and chocolates..... Spoilt bigtime, yum. Then onwards to ...

... was bankrolling the exhibit. Interesting and strange. We still had plenty of time, so we hopped a cab for the Hotel Intercontinental....an old landmark that has been refurbished...much to the chagrin of oldtimers. They think they've rehabbed the charm ...

... , the only one of which I can remember is that 60% of the country's population are ethnic Chinese. Staying at the Intercontinental which is very nice, however although it was still before 10pm the hotel restaurant was already closed. The maitre d' ...

... are thousands of motorbikes all beeping, weaving around slower cars. But the place looks good, far more modern and developed than Hanoi and a lot cleaner and greener. We tackle crossing a couple of streets and follow the advice that Julie read in ...

... Our flight was not until 1:30pm, but Andrea called me around 8:30am with some exciting news—she had called the Intercontinental in Hanoi to confirm our late check-in and they informed her that we had been upgraded to “Club” status that ...

... Express in the US called Vietnam Airlines, who told them that I was indeed holding a reservation booked by the Intercontinental Hotel in Hanoi.  So I know the reservation existed in Vietnam Airlines' system.  There was a South African traveler ...

... roadside stalls like a leper unless you have ironclad stomach. If you feel like spoiling yourself try the 'dim sum' at the Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday.Expensive but well worth it or try the buffet lunch at the Raffles Hotel, just as dear but than, ...

... to a forwarded e-mail.  Sunday 24-May-09 Air British Airways. Flight: BA196. Aircraft: Boeing 777 Depart: Houston Intercontinental Apt at 7:55PM Arrive: London Heathrow Airport 25-May-09 at 11:05AM Monday 25-May-09 Air British Airways. ...