Tag: Hanoi
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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 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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Day 132 – Hue to Hanoi
From the Imperial City to sleeper buses Today we checked out of Shark Hostel and walked to the Imperial City again. We bought tickets to see the Hoang Cung (Royal Palace) for 150,000 VND / $9.14 AUD per person. We were impressed with the reusable plastic tickets that you just slot into a ticket machine […]
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