Blogs from Hanoi, Red River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 7

Nous voilà à la fin d'un long et beau voyage à travers les pays de l'Indochine. On est à Hanoï, dans un petit guesthouse charmant, le Happy Moon, en plein cœur du vieux quartier. De notre balcon on admire la rue passablement tranquille et agitée en même temps. On aime bien cette ville, son vieux quartier grouillant jour et nuit, les grands boulevards flanqués de magnifiques arbres du quartier colonial, ses lacs et ses pagodes. Il y a un offre culinaire incroyable, pour tous les goûts et tous les budgets. On peut se promener longtemps à Hanoï sans jamais s'ennuyer. Et on peut magasiner jusqu'à l'épuisement, ha! ha! Nous avons visité le fameux Temple de la littérature (première université du Vietnam datant de l'année 1070!!!! dédiée à l'enseignement confucéen) ou les jeunes gradués viennent encore immortaliser ... read more

À ne pas manquer lorsque vous serez dans la capitale du Vietnam! Le Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre est une expérience culturelle hors du commun. Par le biais de marionnettes traditionnelles, quartorze tableaux vous révéleront des légendes comme des scènes quotidiennes du pays. Un orchestre live est présent sur scène et la musique, avec les instruments typiques du pays, est envoûtante! Un 7$ CAD bien investi! Vous ne serez pas déçus ... read more

We went for breakfast downstairs as it's included in our room rate. It was quite good, not quite the standard that we've had at the last 2 places but they were big hotels and resorts and this is a little boutique hotel. One of the advantages of having crohn's disease is that if something is going to make me sick, it will do so in the first 10-20 minutes and sure enough, something I had at breakfast made me sick. It was probably the coffee but I'm not sure, it doesn't really matter, all that matters is that I then spent some time making friends with the toilet. When I thought I was ok we went for a walk but a few minutes in I decided to go back and get my imodium just in case. ... read more

Geo: 21.0243, 105.855... read more

As soon as we reached the border between Laos and Vietnam the clouds rolled in and the rain started. Rivers are swollen and the fields are under water. It makes sense of the design of the houses where they are on concrete/wooden stilts and the living area is on the first floor with storage at ground level. The 9 hour bus journey was another experience. It was supposed to be a VIP bus but ended up as a crowded local bus. Packed with passengers and goods for delivery, one of the stops necessitated in unloading a fridge from the back of the bus, down the aisle, over the plastic stools and off through the front door! We didn't have street vendors this time but we had a lunch stop at a roadside cafe. Hostel here in ... read more