Our hotel is large, probably the largest we have stayed at to date on this trip. The breakfast is in the main restaurant and can seat well over 200 people. It is the normal buffet style with an additional cooked option for those that want something more. The buffet is huge with sliced meats and…
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It was a long travel day. Bob & Phuong picked us up early at the Tam Coc for our flight out of Hanoi to central Vietnam. They had allowed plenty of time for the drive to the airport in case traffic was bad. No worries, we arrived in Hanoi with plenty of time, so Bob…
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Bob and Phuong picked us up early for a trip to ‘Hoa Lu’, Vietnam’s ancient and original capital and one of Ninh Binh’s main tourist attractions. It was already busy when we arrived and the tourists trappings were everywhere. Kids selling who knows what, photographers with ‘special shots’, candies, … We fell for the ‘old…
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October 5th – Our day started with a city tour. One of our tour options was to visit Ho Ch Minh’s tomb and childhood home. However, the queues for Ho Chi Minh can be several hours long especially on weekends so we swapped out the tomb for the well-respected ‘Vietnam Museum of Ethnography’. The…
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