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  • Finally in our room.

    MK Premier Hotel

    27. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Back at the hotel around 6am, we knew our room would likely not to be ready just yet but we were hopeful if we checked in and sat in the foyer we may have been able to get in a little earlier than the usual check in time, especially as we stayed there a few nights before. We were to be here for 3 nights and back later for another night so surely we are VIP by now (he he). Wrong, no rooms available at all.

    That's Ok we will check emails, oops another issue. Looks like our flight to Hue has been cancelled and we have been put on a different flight. You might think so what. Well our original flight was 6am and now has been changed to 11.20am Just a bit of difference and you think again so what. Well we had actually booked a tour for when we landed in Hue to start at 7.30am. So now we now have to change our tour and hope there is a vacancy for another day.

    We thought great morning so far, lets go get a coffee and something to eat to fill in time. Off we go for walk down the street and at this early time there is nowhere to get breakfast unless you want noodles. So back to the hotel where we buy some pastries and coffee.

    I won't go into the washing saga other than to say that our washing is now at 2 different laundries, one for tumble dry and one for sun dried. John now tells me that he may have left a pink tour booking docket in one of his pockets that has gone to washing.

    John had to go to our tour agent to finalise payment for tomorrow's tour and there was a group in front of him making arrangements for 2 tours for 6 people with numerous questions and multiple payments. It took John 45 minutes for a simple transaction.

    During all this still not feeling very well and my knee is very sore and I have cankles from all the walking in Sapa and, I guess, the heat so John has been doing most of the arranging this morning while I was sitting in an air con area with my feet up reading. He is just a good boy, love him forever.

    So after 5 hours after arriving back in Hanoi we now have a room, it is the same style as our room before but just slightly bigger and not looking over the temple but we still have a bath that the street can see into. So we proceed to unpack, shower, confirm our flight details and rearrange our tour in Hue. Thankfully the tour company in Hue was very quick to respond and that has now been sorted in just a few minutes.

    Things can only go up from here!

    I will keep you informed of our only messy day so far but we always have the motto in our mind, "if can go wrong it will, we are the Hopwood's"

    Now 2pm so off to lunch.
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  • On the look out for a pork roll.
    Back on the street and the bikes are still being loaded up.A nice break from the heat.What a good year!No room on the bike for the rider.

    Lunch in the Old Quarter

    27. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 28 °C

    We walked down the street for lunch in search of a Pork Vietnamese Roll. Who would have thought that difficult. Not one in sight so we tried a Vietnamese bread roll with a pork and mushroom meatball. It was Ok but don't think we will have one again.

    It is very hot today so a 70 cent cone from Burger King was the go.

    Now back in the room watching Netflix before we go out for dinner tonight.
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  • Birthday girl in the restaurant.
    Taxi driver videos the celebrations. He had not seen anything like this before.

    Birthday Dinner

    27. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    As it as my birthday yesterday we went out tonight for dinner.

    Our bad day did continue, the hotel had issues trying to get us a cab, once we finally got one he became a little lost on the way to the restaurant. Dinner was not that bad, however, we were the only ones there and we arrived about 15 min late.

    On the way home from dinner we were stuck in the celebration of the Vietnam win in the football finals of the Asian Games where the streets were blocked with thousands of flag waving, horn blowing bike riders. Even our cab driver joined in and was taking video's and posting it on facebook. We did not mind being in the celebration but after 30 min of not moving we justed wanted to go home at least the cab driver turned off the metre so it did not cost much.

    Sorry cannot load the video.
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  • Mk Premier Hotel

    28. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    Not the best day today it is raining but we are going out of the city today for a full day tour so maybe it will be clear in the countryside.

    After a good night sleep my knee is a little better which is great so I can walk today and do the bike ride.Lue lisää

  • Entrance to the Temples
    Dragon BedJohn has been waiting 18 years to use this poncho that we received at the Sydney Opera House Y2K NYE

    King Dinh and King Le Temples

    28. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    We are on our way to the Ninh Binh Province which will take about 2 hours in the bus.

    Ninh Binh Province is located in northern Vietnam, about 100km south of Hanoi. It has hundreds of limestone cliffs emerging from the ground scattered across the rice fields giving the nickname of “Halong Bay inland”.

    First we visited the King Dinh and Ling Le temples.

    King Dinh Temple was built in the shape of a Chinese character. Through the first entrance called Ngo Mon, there is a stone royal bed with Nghe standing on both sides. Inside the temple is Khai Thanh in worship of Emperor Dinh's parents.The temple consists of three parts Bai Duong for the community, Thien Huong in honour of mandarins, and Chinh Cung where Dinh Tien Hoang's statue is located.

    On his left is the statue of his eldest son Dinh Lien, and on his right are those of Dinh Hang Lang and Dinh Toan. On each side of the altar, there is one stone dragon similar to the ones placed near the royal bed.

    King Le Temple is almost the same as Dinh Temple in term of architectural design, except for some details. Le's Temple also consists of three parts Bai Duong used for the community, Thien Huong, in memory of the royal mandarins of King Le, and finally, the altar in memory of the King. The Le Hoan Statue is at the centre, on the left is the statue of Queen Duong Van Nga and on his right is that of Le Ngoa Trieu, his fifth son and the third King of the Pre Le Dynasty.

    It is a shame that it was raining as the area is very pretty and warranted a walk around to take in the gardens and the ponds scattered in and around the Temples.
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  • Ready for our sampan trip.
    Our very young rower used his feet.Alone on the river except for a few dozen other boats.

    Sampan ride on Tam Coc River

    28. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    Still raining but nothing is stopping us from enjoying the day.

    Tam Coc is also in Ninh Binh province Hoa Lu and Tam Coc are very picturesque and for 41 years, from 968 to 1009 CE, Hoa Lu was the ancient capital of Vietnam.

    Nearby Tam Coc is often referred to as “Ha Long among the rice paddies.”

    We managed to get into the sampan and our very young rower rowed with his feet. We glided up Tam Coc stream past green fields and mountains into the mouths of caves, where the stalactites were just above the water.

    Again a shame is was sprinkling as it would have been very pleasant just taking in the sun and the view.

    Back on land and the guide took us on a 30 min bike ride through the town to a small village. It was quite flat so easy enough to ride if I had have had the correct shoes.
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  • On the way back in the bus.

    Back in the Old Quarter

    28. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    Even though it was wet all day we still had an enjoyable time.

    On arrival back at the hotel it was shower, dinner, blog and then put my feet up.

    Goodnight.

  • Finding out if the Temple of Literature was going to be open.
    Quaint building accross the road from the hotel.

    What to do today?

    29. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 24 °C

    Good morning Vietnam you are still raining?

    Today we are going to walk around Hanoi and take in some more history.

    Due to the rain we will travel by cab to the furtherest point.

  • Instructions on how to complete examination papers.Confucius.

    Confucius say?

    29. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    The Temple of Literature is dedicated to the teachings of Confucius in Hanoi. The temple hosts the Imperial Academy, Vietnam's first national university. The temple was built in 1070 at the time of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông. It is one of several temples in Vietnam which is dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars. The temple is located to the south of the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long. The various pavilions, halls, statues and monuments to the doctors are places where offering ceremonies, study sessions and the strict exams of the Đại Việt took place. The temple is featured on the back of the 100,000 Vietnamese đồng banknote. Just before the Vietnamese New Year celebration Tết, calligraphists will assemble outside the temple and write wishes in Hán characters. The art works are given away as gifts or are used as home decorations for special occasions.

    Originally we were not going to the museum as we thought that it was a library. We are glad we changed our mind as not only were the grounds lovely it was very informative learning about the confucius teaching.
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  • Its tooth hurty (2:30pm) in Hanoi.
    Every body is here in this shop.

    On our way to the next attraction

    29. elokuuta 2018, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 24 °C

    It took a while to wander through the Museum of Literature and it is still raining. We continued walking and found a nice cafe for lunch and then continued on to the next attraction.

    We came across some very interesting things, the pictures will complete the story.Lue lisää