Vietnam
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Day 147 – Dien Bein Phu to Luang Prabang, LAOS
Land crossing to Laos Today, we checked out of Phuong Nam Hotel, and walked to the Dien Bein Phu Bus Station. We were running a little late, so we went straight to the station and got onto the waiting mini bus. We had purchased the tickets the night before from the Bus Station for 495,000 […]
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Day 146 – Sapa to Dien Bien Phu
Travelling to the edge of Vietnam Today we checked out of Sapa Romance Hotel and said goodbye to the friendly Anna and her family. We have bought a bus ticket from Sapa to Dien Bien Phu, from the hotel that cost us 350,000 VND / $21.35 AUD per person. A ute came and picked us […]
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Day 145 – Sapa
Buying North Face Jackets in Sapa Today was a relaxing day. My wife is feeling sick again. We probably shouldn’t have gone to Fansipan yesterday (Day 144), but we both had no regrets. We stayed indoors at Sapa Romance Hotel all day and then went out to buy some North Face jackets for the family […]
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Day 144 – Sapa
The Legend of Fansipan With my wife feeling marginally better today, we decided to go to Fansipan Mountain. Fansipan is the tallest mountain in Vietnam with a height of 3,143m. We were going to walk to Sapa Station, and then catch a train to the bottom of the cable car, but when we got there, […]
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Day 143 – Sapa
Laundry Day! Today, we had a very quite one, as my wife was feeling sick. We thought it would be best to rest and stay out of the cold. I went down the road and found a laundry place called Giat Say Lay Nhanh. It only cost 15,000 VND / $0.91 AUD per kg, and […]
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Day 142 – Tam Coc to Sapa
Another day, another sleeper bus Today we woke up early and enjoyed breakfast at 7am. After breakfast we continued to pack and then went downstairs to wait. At 8:30am the male owner of Phi Hung’s Unique Homestay put our bags on his electric scooter and rode to the Long Hotel’s travel agency, while we walked […]
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Day 141 – Tam Coc
Enjoying mountains and caves of Hang Mua Today I was once again very grateful to my wife as she washed out my eyes, which were still red and itchy from the insect attack yesterday. After breakfast we rode our rented bicycles from Phi Hung’s Unique Homestay to Hang Mua Cave. We cycled the 4km in […]
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Day 140 – Tam Coc
Boat ride at Trang An (Must do!) Today we woke up early and rented bicycles from Phi Hung’s Unique Homestay. The bicycles were 50,000 VND /$3.04 AUD per day for one bicycle. The owners had the bicycles washed and ready to go while we had breakfast. As it was raining lightly, the owner gave us […]
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Day 139 – Hanoi to Tam Coc
Halong Bay on land, ruined by dodgy tour Today we left Dragon Pearl Hotel in the morning. A minibus arrived in the morning to pick us up. It turns out 2 people bought tickets to Ninh Binh, we bought tickets to Tam Coc, 2 people were doing a tour and then getting off at Tam […]
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Day 137 – Hanoi
Goodbye to the parents 🙁 Today, we all got on a taxi from Rising Dragon Palace Hotel to Hanoi International Airport and said good bye to our parents. It felt quiet after the parents were gone. We took Bus 86 back from the airport to the city centre, which cost 35,000 VND / $2.11 AUD […]
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Day 136 – Hanoi
Full day exploring the vibrant capital Today we decided to explore the capital starting by walking from the Rising Dragon Palace Hotel to Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum. The streets were pretty empty in the morning. On weekends the mausoleum closes at 11am. Once we got there, it was close to 11, but we saw a […]
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Day 135 – Halong Bay to Hanoi
A glorious day between limestone islands Today we woke up on the Apricot Premium Cruise ship to clear skies over Halong Bay. We were expecting fog like yesterday, but we were thankful for the change in weather. The water looked so clear that we could see limestone islands all around. It was beautiful. After breakfast, […]
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Day 134 – Hanoi to Halong Bay
Incredible cruise in Halong Bay Today we left Hanoi Old Town Palace Guest House, in the morning in a van to Halong Bay. The journey took over an hour, and like the tour to Ba Na Hills (Day 129), we had a stop over at a large souvenir shop for around 20 minutes. We arrived […]
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Day 133 – Hanoi
Exploring the Capital of Vietnam with the fam The sleeper bus arrived in Hanoi, in the wee hours of the morning. We got off the bus and had to get our bearings right before we headed towards Hanoi Old Town Palace Guest House. It was around 5am in the morning, and we were surprised at […]
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