Day 1 -Friday So the journey begins
2023年10月6日〜7日, シンガポール ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Well this will be some journey, leave Heathrow at 11:25 am to Singapore, just the one change and on to Hanoi, expecting to arrive on saturday at 11:25 am ! (+7hr time) difference
Well left on timeもっと詳しく
Day 2
2023年10月7日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Well a good night's sleep on flight to Singapore, probably helped by lots of alcohol and food 😜
Fifty minute stop for next flight to Hanoi and here we are in hanoi, cleared customs, met my guideもっと詳しく
Day 3 morning ho chi minh residence and
2023年10月8日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
This morning visited the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum , queued up to walk past his body lying in state, very impressive, obviously no cameras inside.
Then it's was on to the two houses he actually lived inもっと詳しく
Day 3 discovering hanoi
2023年10月8日〜11日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Next was visit to Confucian temple of literature, its meant to be the oldest public school ? Lovely bonsai trees and loads of students celebrating their exams
Day 3 Lunch
2023年10月8日〜11日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Restaurant for lunch,then to the Museum of ethnology
I must say the food has been really good, fragrant fresh and tasty and lunch was excellent , just enough for our walk around the museum.
Only aもっと詳しく
Day 7 return to hanoi
2023年10月8日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Well today we travel back to Hanoi for one last night there, I'm in a bus with 4 Australians and a Geordie, and they are all mad as hatters!
Tonite is a free night so I think it's a wanDer into hanoiもっと詳しく
Day 3 tonight its a walking tour through
2023年10月8日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Tonight's evening meal is with our guide introducing us to "safe street food", so we are off touring the delicacies.
Started at a place serving beef noodle soup, then moved on to try "properもっと詳しく
Day 4
2023年10月9日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Today it's a long coach journey through the country to Northern Vietnam's rice terraces in Hoang Su Phi where we will be stopping in an ecolodge in panhou village before setting out for a hike theもっと詳しく
Day 4 travel after lunch
2023年10月9日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Day 4 (pm) Panhou ecolodge retreat
2023年10月9日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Well after a long drive we ended up at panhou retreat, not quite what I was expecting but as we are hiking tomorrow I'm pleasantly surprised 😎
The grounds are lovely with a spa, massage centre,もっと詳しく
Day 4 - Evening meal
2023年10月9日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Slightly disappointed with the fish soup but everything else tasted fantastic , was shown how to make a fish roll as first attempt was a disaster lol
Day 5 - the hike
2023年10月10日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Well today is the day I see if I can manage the first hike, our tour guide, Mr binh Nguyen (known as win win) has told us it's 3 hours up the mountain then we visit a farm where the farmer is going toもっと詳しく
Day 5 the hike part 2
2023年10月10日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Well 18,000 steps between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. It's not the distance it's the bloody steepness of the mountains and then walking through the rice fields 🫠
Day 5 - recovery time
2023年10月10日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Well pleased with today so now it's bar time, several people in the group are doing the spa and massage thing until tea tonight so it's relax time now
Pics from lunch in the farmhouse, including theもっと詳しく
Day 6 - glutton for punishment
2023年10月11日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Well the second hike, I think we go through a village market before heading to a village called "Red Dao" where we get lunch, after that who knows
12000 steps and it's 11:00 and a beer stop.
Day 6 after beer break
2023年10月11日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
After beer stop we headed to a farmhouse for dinner the headed higher up through the paddy fields before coming back down a different trail through bamboo woods and streams and then back to theもっと詳しく
Food glorious food
2023年10月11日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Just some pics of the food , which up to now has been delicious
Day 7 back to hanoi
2023年10月12日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Well all packed and ready for road trip back to Hanoi for one night
Well we grounded the bus a few times on the rough roads, had to get out a few times 🤣
Great scenery coming down, stopped for aもっと詳しく
Day 8 overnight cruise
2023年10月13日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Today we set off for an overnight cruise on ha long bay, apparently it's about a 2 1/2 hour drive from hanoi , again I've no idea what to expect.
Well we stopped for a break at a right tourist trap.もっと詳しく
Day 8 - the cruise - part 2
2023年10月13日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Well a lovely boat, with a bar and sun deck plus yet again good food, we parked up at an island so we could climb to the top for a view.
400 steps up , 91.6 metres up, 15 mins up and 15 mins down thenもっと詳しく
Cruise to the caves
2023年10月14日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Well up early to watch the sun rise as we move to see some sea caves, but first is meant to be a tai chi class on the sun deck.
Well, tai chi turned into a meditation class which was hard enough forもっと詳しく
Day 9 flight to
2023年10月14日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Well that's the mountains of the north completed so it's now back to Hanoi for an internal flight to Da Nang which is only around 90 minutes by air, then we check into hotel to start our discovery ofもっと詳しく
Day 10 oh dear
2023年10月15日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Well a tropical cyclone / typhoon hit the middle of Vietnam, woke up this morning and it's still here so no idea what we will be doing today 😕
Well rain stopped so it's onto the river to go in aもっと詳しく
旅行者Glad you’ve managed to be able to do the excursions planned! Looks such fun! Look at you master chef, lol.
Steve CatterallIt was brilliant it's 25° + so it's not too bad, very little rain then the heavens just open and drop rain, it was fun in the coracle, so too was the cycle to the herb farm, really enjoyed it , shame it's rained this afternoon as it's limited shopping time, but one person has gone to get a dress suit made to measure, she walked in the shop at 3 got measured, picked material and pattern and style.....and it will be made and delivered to our hotel by 7:00 am so she can check it's ok 😳
Day 10 continued
2023年10月15日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Well back to hotel after a fun filled morning, a few of us are now going to walk into the old town for a quick look around (and a few beers) before our proper tour tomorrow
Day 10, evening walk about
2023年10月15日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Well the rain stopped enough for a few of us to head down to the old town market.
It's a place so full of life and the sound and smells are amazing, luckily the river hasn't broke its bank yet so theもっと詳しく