Holiday Hotel Hanoi
Travel Blogs from Hanoi
Arriving in Hanoi
Finally arrived at our hotel in Hanoi. The bus journey from Nanning took from 8am this morning to about 4pm. The ticket included some water and a brioche loaf again and also a very welcome lunch on the Vietnam side of trip. Customs through China and then Vietnam was ...
Mental, mental Hanoi!
... to be. So they wear these fashion accessories just for the sake of it. Dale got OBSESSED with these helmets; first stating how they were useless in case of accident, even looking online for information etc but then, as only my dear husband can...he decided they'd be great collector items. The rest is history.
We also love Vietnamese food and in Hanoi had the proper full-on experience...eating in the street, sat in the ...
Thiet Ung Wood Carving village
... it comes from, maybe my friend Tim Kelly that dabbles in carving will know and inform us all. The unfinished wood colors throughout the shops were quite far ranging from shades of orange to almost white, like seen in pine, reds, browns and a few greens.
All the craftwomen were happy to talk and discuss their work and of course would've liked it if we had bought some things but my suitcase home for Christmas is going to be pushing the scale as ...
Waiting for the night train
... a cyclo - local Vietnamese bike with two seats and guided through the madness by our "number one driver!" (his words) See the video. The hotel staff were great and arranged for us to have a shower before we headed off for the night train to Sa Pa. I paid for the luxury overnight sleeper with "soft beds" - I mean come on - who'd want a ************ the balance of things right now I think the Vietnamese people may have a different meaning of the word for ...
Nordvietnam
... hele dagen lang, indtil jeg skulle med bussen videre til Sapa. Jeg var aller først på det historiske museum, hvilket var utrolig autentisk, og det var spændende at leve sig ind i de mange beskrivelser om kampene mellem vietnameserne og franskmændene. Efterfølgende besøgte jeg A1 Hill, som er en af de bakker, hvor vietnameserne bevægede sig op og fik bedre mulighed for at bekæmpe franskmændene. På bakken var der et monument og en nogle stier, man kunne nyde udsigten fra, virkelig ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Business Services
- Free parking