Tam Coc

We had a swift experience with Hanoi immigration as Doug had arranged an eVisa advance purchase; noted the Visa line to be quite long. Doug had pre purchased a ride with Xe Bus to Tam Coc; the issue was finding where the pickup was. No one seemed to know but a young man who asked if we needed a taxi helped us out (thankfully it was sincere as we do not understand a word of Vietnamese!) Turned out it was a car to Hanoi, then a van (with massage seats!) to Ninh Binh, and finally a transfer to another van to Tam Coc. All very 'relaxing" (NOT!) and five hours including crazy driving along Hanoi's rainy night time highway. We arrived at the Tam Coc Family Hotel in the pouring rain just a short walk up from our drop off point at the Emeralda Resort which looked quite nice. We had a very warm welcome from "Mama". Our room more basic than the last two places ($24CDN/night) and it was very humid and the aircon was not working very well.Okumaya devam et