Starting May 1, 2007 to Guangzhou and Halong Hanoi

Viet Nam Tour 2007 may 1 (April 29, late-May 5, houyiguan-Hanoi-Halong Bay)

April 29

Evening ride reservation of a sleeper, from Guangzhou yuexiu South to Pingxiang, 210 mosquito/person.

8: 15. The car a lot of people, even the aisle are sleeping with people. Most of Viet Nam on who to do business in Guangzhou. Is there a toilet may car, the car all the way to the non-stop midway Pingxiang, night D who all want to go to the toilet, so the sleep time is off.

30 April

Around 9 o'clock in the morning arrival Pingxiang bus station (Internet says the car will be sent to houyiguan, who knows the original last because when sent to houyiguan fine, so now no longer take guests to houyiguan).

We had to eat breakfast near the station and then taxi to houyiguan 30 mosquito/car (there are 20 mosquito season transactions). Pingxiang to houyiguan driver says 18 km, 30 minutes less. Houyiguan is a tourist attractions to receiving tickets 30 mosquito/person, but to Viet Nam passengers passport will not collect the money.

After houyiguan Chinese immigration building, cross the border like Hong Kong is convenient as pretty.

Clearance needed identity cards and passports, China gate, a cement road leads to 30 meters away from the Office of Viet Nam immigration. Viet Nam immigration hall is very small, just a 3-metre wide channel, channel on the left is the processing window, quarantine window, there is a bench on the right. In Viet Nam immigration hall took a card, complete the General information, see to test similar to the Bank window, wait 2 minutes and get back to the card and close the chapter of the passport, and then, after a window is called stopped paying 2000VND (RMB 1 Yuan) quarantine expenses. Paying the fee you can out of the Hall. Follow 4 personal private 8 million VND (USD $ 40) to lang son interchange to Hanoi. Lang son distance with den (Viet Nam border) is 10 km. To lang son of Jinshan hotel, where cars go to Hanoi. Go to the "ahua" (http://www.ctrip.com/community/qa/qashow.asp?questionid=221469) car has just gone, and then again to another bus, wait 15 minutes and a car coming, 5 000/person VND (RMB 25 Yuan) went to Hanoi.

3 hours to Hanoi, but this car does not give the guests to his destination, just also sword Hubei somewhere and get off at all.

And then a taxi to DeawooHotel, 10 minutes to arrive (Korea) Daewoo hotel, fare 38000VND (RMB $ 19). We didn't live Kiem hotels near backpack, but live friends of hotel. $ 22 USD/night (about USD $ 170) (hotel is well received a legacy dollar). Kiem nearby hotels cheaper 8 dollars, is the residence of backpackers, but relatively noisy.

Afternoon at the friends of the Guide, walk to a temple.

And then went to the Kiem, time is 7 points. Also in the middle of the road surface of Hubei sword up a stage because 5.1 holiday, there are 2 days, we SHOW in the air in the road 3rd floor Height of Land restaurant balcony seat, balcony you can see of the stage. 3 personal to the juice and coffee total 45000VND (22.5 Yuan). All the drinks also, all the way to watch the show, enjoy! performed 8 points to 9: 30 pm. Most acrobatics (although the road show, but some excellent performance, a lot is in the air a gweilo also applaud applause?), but strangely, performing process no narration, acted in a program with a program, all not the master of ceremonies, gave the air up enough. After the air program went also sword Lake decoration Deluxe's IBOX restaurant eating, two Viet Nam guy playing the piano and violin, pay consumption by 10 million (cheap!).

5/1

The morning had 1 million 1 bowl of Viet Nam beef back by bus (3000VND/people) to Ho Chi Minh mausoleum.

Morning many of Viet Nam in queued at Ho Chi Minh, the team is very long. We walked to the alien's team, the relatively short. Queued into the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum at Ho Chi Minh. After a bad Pavilion Plaza to Hanoi's largest lake-Lake. Tour the West side of town Temple. Already at the time, in the West side of the boat restaurant eat a lunch. After lunch visit to Ho Chi Minh Museum and Ho Chi Minh's residence. Then go to also participate in Hubei travel sword Halong Bay 2 days tour live ship 30 USD/person. Then go to the front of the Chinese Embassy as a phase. After shopping around. Photos.

2 may

7: 30 pm arrival Kiem points of the trip to Halong Bay received.

Go to the next Bay bus, car, local visitors, ghosts, South East Asian travellers the Yankees. Eight easy. Go half-way, went to a shopping area. Then sit 2 hours car arrives at the next Bay. In the tour arrangements on a boat out to sea to Guilin. Ship to eat simple but rich lunch, 6 individual table with four people with Norway. There are rules on board, with drinks to take $ 5. There are dinner time drinks are in addition to money, Cola, tea, coffee, beer is 1 million. We do not know, they send a Cola coffee brewer asks us what you want, we all choose to drink, a meal to come and collect the money, huh, huh.

Afternoon boat arrived at the island, there are a lot of the cave.

After the visit to the small islands, all persons disembark to boat and boat with us on a tour of a strange Island, through a hole to the island, the island is a well-like, four are in the middle of a circle is a Rocky Mountain, sea, you can swim. Several gweilo jumped into the water for swimming. After visiting the island on a boat, but you want to be free of charge. This is at your own expense, 3 000 per person. After all people than money, the boat is close to the big ship, on board all the last time. After continued sailing to an island Terminal, some tourists coming ashore to stay in the hotel on the island. We choose to sleep on board. The remaining time at the top of the Dafa of time and kept an amazing Halong Bay scenic until sunset. All cruise ships at nightAre concentrated near an island, a fish, you can go buy seafood. Supper no look after and other visitors to chat to pass the time. Board room is small but has a separate toilet, but no hot water bath. Rooms have a fan, but it seems the 11 point more electricity, because the engine stopped, if the development of the whole evening was the airport noise.

3 may

5: 00 a.m., the boat's motor started to wake up.

But 5 days off. 7: After breakfast, return to the road to the hotel dock receiving visitors. After you accept the visitors back to the departure of the Ferry landing, landing before 11 o'clock, just go to lunch. Lunch ride back to Hanoi after. 1 point by car because the car broke down to only 3 points to making degrees before going back to Hanoi 6 points. Then, 9: 15 to see unique water puppet in Hanoi (tickets priced at $ 2 million and 4 million), are worth a go.

4 may (rain)

The morning went to Hanoi next DeawooHotel Zoo tickets 2000VND (RMB 1.00) one person really cheap.

And then went to Hanoi's largest supermarket BigC, bought 30 million of product and food. The evening went to Viet Nam a listening and eat specialty restaurants, eat a lot of Viet Nam snacks, Bill 14 million. And then a taxi to Kiem there's similar shangxiajiu shopping streets. The taxi drivers is not so nice, meters, we reset the bus found starting price is 3.1 million (on a passenger's expense), taxis start price should be more than 9000 to 1 million, to go to the Kiem is 4.7 million, we ask the driver why so expensive, he stalled for several sound we know what happened 2 finger cocked to indicate your 2 000, 2 000 than he was to get off (okay not to he cheated). In the commercial area of Hubei sword also purchase 2 coffee cup separates dregs of stainless steel, 1 million asking price, stall heard we speak Cantonese and chat with us, and Fujianese he is, to sell coffee shop opened in Hanoi. He was also very polite, we just bought 2 cup, he also spot grinding a bag of coffee beans to send my family, and the word back to introduce more people to help take (following his business card). We are a little surprised. Also bought a white ointment (7000VND), some accessories.

5 may

How to get up in the morning of 4 points, 5 points, such as in the hotel's booking car directly to houyiguan (6 000/person).

Car on time 5: 15 minutes to the hotel. 8 point we got to the houyiguan. Excursion in houyiguan 2 hours. $ 20 ride to Pingxiang bus station, 7 p.m. departure back to Guangzhou (200 mosquito/person).

× General hotel is well received a legacy dollar, banks use dollars USD VND, legacy, but if you have a graffiti text is well received.

So if you want to buy u.s. dollars in the Bank of China to be careful not to your legacy and graffiti in u.s. dollars. Viet Nam Bank does not collect the $ $ 1000, $ 500 charge $ 5 minutes is usually used to check the true and false. Hanoi's goldsmiths can use RMB VND.

Customs clearance charge Viet Nam × 2000VND quarantine charges, customs charge 3000VND costs.

× Houyiguan VND, prices can change than Hanoi for high point.

So the best transfer houyiguan.

* Viet Nam currency max 50 000, minimum 200 mosquito.

10 000 and 1 million patterns the same, but the color and size, so easily confused.

* RMB 1 mosquito = 2060VND

* Viet Nam for their visa, travel agents, 480 380 Midge mosquito

× Hanoi Taxi call 10 times likely to run into 1, 2 times deceptive drivers.

(Meters jump fast) Hanoi Taxi starting is 9000 ~ 1 000.

(Pingxiang bus station to Hanoi's departure, but we choose to cross the border by car)

(4 cards, 1 is a restaurant that is also the sword on 2 commercial Street, Fujian, Hubei opened sell coffee shops.

Guangzhou to under 1 Pingxiang car booking)