Sunway Hotel Hanoi

... everyone was pretty irritable.  The map I had looked at earlier wasn't labled correctly so I missed the turn for the hotel at an intersection that resembles a spiderweb...and we didn't physically have the map with us at the time..big ...

... market. Mainly junk aimed at tourists but lots of locals were down in the market as well. A word about the traffic in Hanoi, it is a racetrack with thousands and thousands of motor bikes zooming around you. They have no regard for pedestrians trying to ...

... greeted by our local guide, Tuyen.  He was very friendly.  Our drive from the airport to the hotel through the bustling streets of Hanoi was an experience!  Year 4 can forget everything they learned at Safe Cycling here.  Road rules ...

... a great day, so what ever follows, we have enjoyed ourselves.  Firstly its cool here 18deg’C only.  Secondly Hanoi is terrifyingly packed with people, its roads are deadly and walking anywhere is possibly fatal as pavements are very rough ...

... .  Mr two by four then.  The drive from the airport is 40 km and during this hair-raising drive we find out that Hanoi has 6M people, with 4M motorbikes and 3M cars.  They will all be back on the road tomorrow.  Oh dear.  NEVER ...

Rachel was very sick once we reached Hanoi, so we had to cut our tour of the city short.  We did get to visit Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, the one pillar pagoda, a temple, and the museum of ...

... ; I'm now a fan of Dragon fruit. We are off to Halong Bay today.   The drive will take 3.5 hours.  We may be incommunicado for the next 3 days while we are on the junk boat.  Will blog again on our return to Hanoi. Love to all Marty ...

Its was a great day in hanoi, I went to the old quarter street and bought so many things. Managed to vitness the Vietnamese way of living and it was ...

... have our passports back tomorrow night. Flights cost $160 each with Vietnamese Airlines. Use Directrooms.com again to book Sunway Hotel in Hanoi. Have drink and spring rolls in Soup Dragon restaurant then Rattana takes us home. Day 146 - Saturday 17 ...

... it! We spent a good hour trying just about everything on in the shop, very fun times indeed. We also visited the aquarium and Sunway water/amusement park, both well worth a visit for anyone heading to KL. After 4 days in KL it was time for Rachel to fly ...