Hanoi Specialty Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After returning from Halong Bay we didnt have much planned. We woke to rain and decided to have a lazy day and a late breakfast. We took a walk with Matty & Noosha to get some tickets for the water puppets show that night and headed back to the hotel. I spent the better part of the morning writing this blog (Halong Bay) and uploading picture...

So we decided to forgoe the usual long coach trip and fly up from Hoi An. We were really sad to leave that place and the Mango Mohijtos (Still can't spell it!). They say you either love Saigon and hate Hanoi or love Hanoi and hate Saigon. I wouldn't put it quite like that but I did slightly prefer Saigon. Although the lake area around Hanoi is b...

Got to Pingxiang and our moto rider and guide took us to a hotel and arranged to pick us up in the morning to take us to the border. Had a look around the town, nothing spectacular but the people were friendly and lots of markets to have a nosey around. Got through both border points without any problems, then got a bit screwed over with taxi an...

Dear Friends Please see my recent updates in regards to Laos and the pictures. I am leaving Hanoi tonight at 2300 hours by night train to Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. This trip will take 13 hours.... I hope you will enjoy my logs on Laos, which was an amazing experience. It will not be my last visit in Laos. Have fun and I hope y...

Hanoi war fest im Griff einer saukalten Bise. Zaehne klappern war angesagt und Angi beschloss schnurstracks in den Sueden Thailands zu fliegen um vor Hong-Kong noch ein bisschen Sonne zu tanken:) Ich verweilte noch ne Weile in Hanoi, die Stadt hat mich irgendwie fasziniert, obwohl ich noch selten so ein Durcheinander und hektisches Treiben geseh...

We arrive back into Hanoi at 4am after an overnight train journey from Sapa. Even though its early, very very early, the locals are out in force offering everything from taxis to baguettes. We are a little jaded and so wander around (we can't get to our big bags until 7). Whilst strolling past the lake we watch the locals practicing Tai Chi they...

As my friends Anna and Michi suggested not to take the bus from Laos to Vietnam we took a flight from Vientiane to Hanoi where we got picked up by some scout who made us a nice deal for 1 dollar from the airport to a hotel in the old quarter without having to stay there. Obviously we all stayed there as we were to lazy to look around for another...