Two weeks in Vietnam

syyskuuta - lokakuuta 2019

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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
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- Jaa
- 27.9.2019
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Korkeus: 34 m
- Vietnam Thành Phố Hà Nội Xóm Trong Hồ Hoàn Kiếm 21.028773, 105.84505921°1’44” N 105°50’42” E
Päivä 1
Perth Singapore Hanoi
27. syyskuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Hyden to Perth to Singapore to Hanoi with a 7 hour stopover in Singapore. We found some carpet in a quiet area only to wake up surrounded by Indians about to board to Chennai. They don’t value personal space like we do. They had surrounded us.
We were picked up at the airport and taken to our travel agent to finalise details and pay. Wasn’t quite as cheap as we thought as their price was in US $, not AUD. Still good value but not what we were expecting. Had pho for lunch, checked in to Hotel, went for a walk, found a French bakery and ate too much!
Early night tonight.Lue lisää
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 28.9.2019
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Korkeus: 34 m
- Vietnam Thành Phố Hà Nội Xóm Trong Hồ Hoàn Kiếm 21.028774, 105.84512621°1’44” N 105°50’42” E
Päivä 2
Day 1 Hanoi
28. syyskuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We walked to the French Quarter today en route to find a coffee house that sells good egg coffee, famous in Hanoi. It was delicious. We walked back to the hotel then got a taxi to catch up with Dan Brown and watch the grand final. Then late lunch and chilled out in the hotel. We have to wait until 9pm to collect our washing which will be the biggest challenge of the day. The traffic here is crazy - no rules but it seems to flow somehow. It’s a skill to cross the street.Lue lisää
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
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- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 29.9.2019
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Korkeus: 33 m
- Vietnam Thành Phố Hà Nội Xóm Trong Hồ Hoàn Kiếm 21.029141, 105.84499521°1’45” N 105°50’42” E
Päivä 3
Day 2 in Hanoi
29. syyskuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
A quick summary of the day as we are leaving on the night train to Sapa.
We did a tour of the city visiting the mausoleum where Ho Chi Minh’s body is kept. We saw the President’s Palace, the process of lacquer art, the Vietnamese Museum of Ethnology, lunch, the Centre of Literature then the Pagoda. It was an interesting day and our guide seemed very knowledgeable.Lue lisää
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
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- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 30.9.2019
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Korkeus: 1 133 m
- Vietnam Tỉnh Lào Cai Giàng Tả 22.300962, 103.91387222°18’3” N 103°54’50” E
Päivä 4
Sapa
30. syyskuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We spent the night on the train arriving in Ga Loa Cai at 6am. We travelled to Sapa by mini bus, had breakfast then started our hike. We were a bit disappointed to start with as it was all downhill on a road but wasn’t long before it was more like we expected and after lunch was really tough uphill. We arrived at the homestay which looked great. There are lots of others staying here - from Israel, Colombia, Germany about 15 in total. We have a choice of hiking 20 or 12 kms tomorrow and initially thought 20 but after this arvo we are leaning towards 12!
We had dinner which was prepared by many family members then everyone was basically force fed happy water, their name for rice wine. A local musician then performed for us local instruments and also taught us some songs.
Even though we had our own room, the walls were not to the ceiling so not the best nights sleep!!Lue lisää
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
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- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 30.9.2019
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Korkeus: 1 519 m
- Vietnam Tỉnh Lào Cai Sa Pá 22.338539, 103.84374222°20’19” N 103°50’37” E
Päivä 4
Photos from Day 1 trekking
30. syyskuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 1.10.2019
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Korkeus: 1 519 m
- Vietnam Tỉnh Lào Cai Sa Pá 22.338497, 103.84375522°20’19” N 103°50’38” E
Päivä 5
Day 2 trekking
1. lokakuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We started with eggs, pancakes and bananas for breakfast then headed off with a different guide. Yesterday was Mau, today was Moo. Our hike today was beautiful. We cut across a mountain and as we were already staying high up, it was a steep decent. We went through a bamboo Forrest and there were beautiful flowers. We had lunch in a village and for the 2nd day, harassed by ladies trying to sell their goods.
We finished our hike at a waterfall but none of the waterfalls are flowing too much because they haven’t had much rain. We had a swim which was a nice way to finish our day.
The car trip back to Sapa was pretty rough - probably he roughest stretch of road I’ve been on. It was comparable to some of the windy roads in France and Croatia that we did so glad we were being driven.Lue lisää
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 1.10.2019
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Korkeus: 1 519 m
- Vietnam Tỉnh Lào Cai Sa Pá 22.338497, 103.8436822°20’19” N 103°50’37” E
Päivä 5
Photos Day 2 trekking
1. lokakuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 2.10.2019
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Korkeus: 96 m
- Vietnam Tỉnh Lào Cai Phú Hùng 22.362862, 104.08196322°21’46” N 104°4’55” E
Päivä 6
Sapa - Hanoi
2. lokakuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We had time to kill on Sapa before catching the bus at 3pm. We scoped out our stop according to google maps and nothing indicated a bus stop but our girl Tracy said to wait there. We headed there about 2.30 and when we could see no large green bus we established we were not in the right spot. We had to head back down the hill and around a couple of bends but got there. It was a sleeper bus so a bit weird lying down in the afternoon. The trip out of Sapa is incredibly scenic and our bus driver was a little bit crazy! They pass on hairpin bends just using their horn to let any on coming traffic know. We had a couple of stops along the way and arrived in Hanoi at 9.15. We thought we were being dropped at the hotel and amid the chaos were shuffled on to another bus to be called off and put in a taxi. The taxi had supposedly been paid for but claimed he did not get enough so we had to fork out another 80000 dong. Not sure if we were scammed 5 Aussie dollars??
Checked in to same hotel as before and straight to bed.Lue lisää
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 3.10.2019
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Korkeus: Merenkorkeus
- Vietnam Hòn Hang Sò 20.89678, 107.01014720°53’48” N 107°0’37” E
Päivä 7
Hanoi - Halong Bay
3. lokakuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Today we were picked up at the hotel in a bus to head out to Halong Bay. Today was the first day we had rain and it rained for most of the trip. We got out to the boat at 12.30 and it stopped raining. We have some nice people on board with us - New Zealand x 4, Saudi Arabia x 3, America x 5, Poland x 1 and a couple more. We had lunch then at 3 hopped onto the tender to see a cave. The cave was impressive but the amount of tourists is horrible! Then we went to another of the limestone rocks and climbed the 420 steps to the top and then had a swim - definitely did not put our heads under!
We had dinner then Mark tried his luck squidding (unsuccessfully) however jagged two fish about 3cm long.
It is really beautiful here. It looks like a town at night with all the lights on the boats.Lue lisää
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Melinda Ditchburn Two weeks in Vietnam
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 3.10.2019
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Korkeus: Merenkorkeus
- Vietnam Hòn Bồ Hòn 20.853834, 107.08813520°51’14” N 107°5’17” E
Päivä 7
Photos - Halong Bay
3. lokakuuta 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
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