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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Our Halong bay cruise ended mid-morning and we were picked up by Bob & Phuong for the 3-hour drive back through Hanoi, then down to Ninh Binh. At about the halfway mark we stopped at a nice filling station/food stop to use the ‘happy room’. The place had souvenirs and snacks for sale, including a…
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We left Hanoi this morning for a 3-hour drive to Halong Bay where we booked an overnight cruise on the ‘Peony’. Halong Bay (aka ‘Land of the Descending Dragon’) consists of a unique network of limestone islands and mountains in the Gulf of Tonkin. The area is UNIESCO designated due to the limestone ‘karsts’ which…
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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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