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Another sleeper bus experience
Overnight sleeper bus travel in Vietnam can be an economical way to cover long distances. Because Hoi An and Hanoi are far apart, we opted for a sleeper bus operated by Camel Tours to cover the distance at a fraction of the cost of an airline flight ($25 vs about $165). You usually get what you pay for.
I had taken a sleeper bus operated …
A good (if too exciting) tour
As I think I've made clear, I don’t like guided tours. But today’s was an exception.
We booked a trip to Hoa Lu (site of the capital of the first unified Vietnamese state) and the Tam Coc river gorge. Even though it meant a much earlier wake-up than we prefer, especially after an all-night bus trip the day before, I’m …
What a start - Attracted to Complexity
Maybe I should stat with a background before the trip. I have accepted a contract work in Perth, Australia, flying in and out every 2 weeks, just after I wrote my first entry in this travel blog. I finished the work on the 14th Nov and flew into Singapore just before our flight to Hanoi on the 15th Nov 5.30pm. Peter picked me up at the airport with …
Two Kids and a Backpack
We slept in on our first day in Hanoi. I have not had anytime to look at "What's On" in Hanoi. When we discussing about our trip, I was focusing on what to do outside Hanoi, our Sa Pa and Halong Bay trip but not Hanoi itself.
The kids were still asleep when I took out Lonely Planet - South East Asia for Budget Travelers (something like …
"I Think We Just Ate Dog"
... stepped into the oncoming traffic.
A busy morning of sight-seeing (see Lonely Planet for details) was followed by lunch and a Hanoi beer on the balcony of a cafe overlooking a busy street. The aftenoon was just as busy as the morning, filled with more temples, pagodas and traffic-dodging. The last place we had left to visit that day was St Joseph's Cathedral. We had postponed our visit until the evening as Lonely Planet advised you ...
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