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My Itinerary: Hanoi-Halong Bay-hue-Hoi an-NHA – Ho Chi Minh

April 28, 9: 25 of HongQiao airport flight to Guangzhou, Baiyun Airport 14: 45 aircraft went to Viet Nam, flight time 2 hours, because of the difference than our Viet Nam to slow an hour, I watch dial-back for an hour, so arrive Hanoi Hanoi airport in line for 15: 45.

Departure from the Baiyun Airport, exit before the need to fill out an exit single, both in the English language, you need to submit frontier.

In the fly to Hanoi's flights will also need to fill in Viet Nam's entry, the English and Vietnamese in two with a list, a yellow-white, of which two with white with arrival Hanoi after arrival to give local border and yellow list must be repaired, because when you exit from Viet Nam to turn to the border. Remember to Viet Nam's address, fill in your plan or into the hotel address, there is no predetermined in advance you can easily fill a. I was booked in advance, fill in the hotel. I stay in Hanoi is PRINCE 79 HOTEL. Address: 79, Hang Bac St. Tel: (84-4) 9260628 9 dollars a night for triple room. In Baiyun Airport check-in queue, we found in our team there are three girls went to Viet Nam is the backpack, and we take the same flight, and after that trip we constantly on the go, encounter, to the exotic tour has added a lot of fun in.

We arrived at the three-row, Viet Nam in the row of the airport the airport than I thought Kerrigan, although there is no advanced facilities, but at least still and our domestic individual small airport, the car to leave the aircraft on the ramp transfer, the head is on fire like Sun, watching those fresh green uniforms of Viet Nam border soldiers suddenly felt that I had left my life thirty years of the motherland, although is seperate, but already the alien.

Then exit at the airport there are foreign exchange booth, I was going up to 1 dollars of Viet Nam's currency is the rupiah 15800 shield. RMB can also exchange in the airport, 1 per convertible 1800 shield. I first spent 50 dollar convertibility of the 79 million Viet Nam shield, felt good to pole, my life has never been so cherished acquaintance of thousands out too, is his mother's cool!

From inside the airport you can choose the airport bus, minibus and taxi to downtown in three ways.

I know the airport bus and minibus is probably 2 dollars a taxi is 10 dollars make the trip to the city, in fact, from the airport to downtown is 30 km away. Due to the light to complete the number before departure, we choose a taxi, then a Viet Nam young and we together carpool to urban areas. Viet Nam's taxi almost all imported cars, we hit a Toyota car. The driver was very good, because you don't know which hotel I scheduled the exact position, so the houses look, finally sent us into my hotel, in fact, at the edge of Kiem. That and we carpool of Viet Nam young earlier to get off, he paid 4 million guilders, Viet Nam, we got to the hotel, I even can't figure out this national banknotes bear the number of zero, I pay the driver with the help of the 12 million Viet Nam shield, this time I began to understand what money away, just in the airport exchange of 79 million estimated support not until tomorrow.

Here is almost entirely in the vicinity of the hotel and travel agency, is a place for backpackers to accumulate, you can easily find accommodation and travel agency, and participate in Hanoi travel, you can also go to the travel agency or jewelry store Exchange Viet Nam shield.

We stayed at the HOTEL PRINCE 79 is a small hotel, just a price cheaper 9 dollars a night for triple room. Because the room no balcony or something to drying clothes, hotel help you wash clothes price is 1 dollar one kilogram, and felt no need, then go out and buy rope longge together, the result is not found in the vicinity of these things, and finally in a grocery store, see Master hanging on the wall for a brief period of nylon rope, because the owner was an old lady simply do not understand English, but probably know we mean, so very crisp air of sent to me, because the string itself is not very long, the old woman and going to get a root, so the rope has been with us more than two thousand kilometers of Viet Nam visit till Ho Chi Minh is officially announcing the retirement. Fix rope after we both went to the opposite side of the SHIN CAFE travel office, established the OPEN TOUR itinerary booked 4/30/7 p.m. start from Hanoi to hue-Hoi an-NHA – Ho Chi Minh's full ticket price is $ 20 per ticket. Back to the hotel the following for a second day to the next Bay tour, 13 dollars one. The formalities of a pregnant woman with eyes, she is fluent in English, but there is a difficulty with the menacing, unless the reception of the Westerners, will some be smiling, on the other tourists she always a face normal. However it does not matter, she doesn't mind if I smoke longge on edge and, although I was embarrassed that went to the door to pumping.

Dinner is not far away from this small stalls to eat, there are many Japanese are like us at roadside stalls eating BBQ drink ice cafes, just looked packed coffee cup is our home commonly used glass cups.

About 7000 rupiah a bowl of rice flour, taste super good (perhaps had not to eat the rice sake Viet Nam flavor!) three hungry wolves generally fast over dinner, start the evening. Also the sword Lake is very lively due April 30 is the North-South reunification, Viet Nam 30 th anniversary, in a Hanoi City international tourism Festival activities, many of the shops there are temporarily performances are staged, attracted a lot of the people of Hanoi, me the deepest impression is the constant stream, an endless stream of motorcycle, this is you can't imagine, as some years ago, we are located in the city the road bike, it seems there is no order, but also full of mutual understanding.

April 29, Halong Bay:

Morning at the corner found a longge good rice noodle shop and ran to tell, so the three of us together over there eat breakfast, many people also used to Viet Nam to drink a cup of coffee in Viet Nam. As early as eight or so we miss the tour Nguyen, accompanied by KIM CAFE car to Halong Bay, talking and laughing all the way, but we speak of three persons (Ningbo dialect), has been attracting the attention of the tour, the last xiaoruan she couldn't help wonder English are asking us to Japan?: I said I am Chinese, then she told me she is learning the Chinese language, but she learn Chinese Mandarin seems to us that's not the same, so I said this is the local dialect, she asked what I told her is Ningbo, the geographic location of her confused, as if the 2 years ago someone asked me where Viet Nam of hue as strange, she was surprised to see me, and I explained, is a city near Shanghai (her understanding of Chinese cities is more akin to Ningbo), she realized that I was not a Chinese Shanghai dialect? day this problem the answer by history, I have no way to explain these, so feel free to tell her to many places in China has its own language, but is common Chinese Mandarin, she is still very surprised that the Chinese language and culture, it seems to me the answer is not very satisfactory. This time I found sitting at the back of many tourists are attracted to our conversation, concentration, and the look at me, this gesture I have never met, or the snacked on it.

From Hanoi to the next Bay Highway is Viet Nam best Highway, equivalent to our province road, Viet Nam has no Highway, speed seems to not be able to achieve the ideal State, to the next Bay takes about three hours.

Lunch is included in the travel agency KIM CAFE, on the next Dragon city a restaurant to eat a meal, this is a bit like domestic travel meals, a table of eight persons, drink wine and took the money to myself, I and a all to longge bottle Saigon beer. This time found a Chinese also come with our one desk, met a Chinese, after all, hard hitting longge was able to play time, ask to know, Mr. Zhang, is Taiwan, he was Cambodia Angkor Airways of an associate, a person to Viet Nam on air line, by the way to the next Dragon play, he told us more fun than Viet Nam in Cambodia, Angkor is a must-see place. A table meal eight food almost not seen hunxing, and we have a table to the Malay and Japan, they were wary of the left, appears to the meal on the hygiene of unsuccessful, by contrast, we seemed to come from the inside out of prison, have ignored the face.

To be honest there are sea under the Bay a Guilin, mainly Karst terrain features, but I watch as the beautiful landscape of Lijiang, Halong Bay scenic protection now seems also from Chinese engineers in construction and maintenance.

In the lower Bay sea when there is a small episode is a Sweden nationality Iraq people ZINA mistook longge as a once knew, unexpected coincidence to create infinite vitality longge, so we will have multiple manufacturing opportunities for ZINA and we sat with a space, when I left and ZINA also exchanged email addresses, she told me she is a dental surgeon, to Viet Nam resort and investigate the market, in Viet Nam, Japan or China plastic industry operated dental, she told me her teacher in Beijing a famous hospital work, but she had been to China, so I kind invitation to Ningbo play.

Back to Hanoi by road, and remember a man tour he kept me away from my female Xiao Wang, poor John English rotten die, ultimately to translation, the impression that man tour asked Xiao Wang's age and nationality, a heard of her 28 almost scared to death of that age had not yet married is rare, and he said he had 27 this year 2 children, and later the car drivers also to chat up, then they also gathered and asked John sat in her ' who am I? I have been doing this kind of harassment to the disoriented, answered them: "she is my fiancée" finally put aside many, later John asked me if I told them what had changed so sunk? I evaded.

Back to Hanoi is already more than 6 points in the evening, the car close to the Kiem not members, we walk back to the shelter, then do not know the turns to what is found on both sides of the street there are many seafood night gears, these gears and our different places is the table of the poor, but also low, like a m 87 longge elder brother child sit on it just like playing house games, but a lot of seafood is we haven't seen before, and are sold as components that burden, we point to three big shrimp (this is the output of Viet Nam for a prawn, things are large, a nearly 2-3 double) and to the three large crabs and half a kilo of scapharca subcrenata, they eat scapharca subcrenata very strange is going on in the barbed wire scapharca subcrenata, roast with fire to eat, and then cut out lead skin polishability knife look out innermost granosa meat toucheth eat fish sauce (fish sauce is more prevalent use of Viet Nam a seasoning, is made of fermented fish-out-the effect of sauces, mostly with lemon juice and pepper and mix with the salt and pepper), taste is actually pretty good, far fetched after all.

We also have two bottles of beer, perhaps is hungry, fucking drink really cool! a spent 17 000 Viet Nam shield.

Get round, go to the Kiem, sold in a SABA crafts and national costume shop front on foot, suddenly heard around two girls in Cantonese, said: "this is Shanghai 's?" and "it is not, is Beijing 's" the other replied, I hear they answer later added: we are in Ningbo.

So the question of the return, "eh! you?", I like the 23 second monk General slapping his face clips, do's and the two girls "are you?", "How are you, we have noticed at the airport with you the" Xiao Wang recognized that we encountered in the Baiyun Airport departure of three Guangzhou girl, another older point stands at the door, the costumes are not met. By talking to know that they also tomorrow of hue, just not the same publicDivision of cars, their journey was arranged to Cambodia, Angkor Wat, the three of us while admiring eyes looking at them, then they told me at the airport also took note of the US, a look at is carrying a large bag must be Alice, initially also intends to play Xiao Wang's idea, and they all the way to go, at least you can spell room save accommodation, later discovered that our two bodyguards with left and right and immediately dismissed the idea.

Night of Kiem is hilarious, because tomorrow is Viet Nam North-South reunification of the 30th anniversary of the independence day, many staff flag in the streets and the party flag there Uncle Ho Chi Minh, some people portrait of cultural activities are held on the Lake, as well as big as China dolls like national costumes, remember that there are many countries in Southeast Asia in the tourism sector is also taking over there on the table in the performances, the promotion of national tourism service, our Guangxi tourism unit also over there, and the Tourism Malaysia most cattle, take a very large table attract countless young people went to watch the Viet Nam, the crowd Trent, three looks good girl on the stage and the next hop on the train, not lively.

We also went to a nice red beer Museum, beer's taste is good, but business and barbarous. Later we forgot to go back to the road to a motorcycle driver inquiries, because his English is not very good, but a little aging eyes, almost can not see our live store card, last or several in small stalls to eat in Viet Nam people told us way back, it seems that Viet Nam people still quite warm. Back on the road again met those who do not know what time of the foreigner who chat chat in the streets, while we in Hanoi last night is so fleeting. However there is a tomorrow during the day time allows us to take a good look at the hero city.

On 30 April.

Morning, the sky is blue, but obviously this will be a hot day. Xiao Wang accustomed to bed, I don't want to get up and eat breakfast together longge out began to tour the capital of the Socialist state — Hanoi. We at hotel nearby bicycle shop borrow two bicycle, a dollar a day, does not require a deposit, when returning the car to money on the line. This point is that we did not think that the original integrity services in Viet Nam, feel good, it is said that very few people borrow the car also. This makes me feel-good and longge, then pick up the car on the road, we ride along the Kiem, because there is no zone map, so asking passers-by and police on Lenin square and the bus station Plaza is located in a tortuous later found the military museum and across from the Lenin square, then buy a ticket, the Ticket Office Lady looks good, but her amiable, and free coffee in the ticket office you can drink. Memorial frankly very general, however brief or Chinese can read, impressed by the monument, I remember that day a group of military officers school students under the guidance of the instructors to visit the Memorial Hall, in this special day seemed. Soon we visit finished Memorial, trolley buses Pavilion to Piazza, remember that there are many on both sides of the street style unique Villa group, and then plug in a different country's flag, in big banyan tree was of an inch of the Embassy district. At this point seems to come dressed in front of Viet Nam national costume "Odette" girls slowly forward in this historical residence, and the two sides of the Banyan tree leaves sway in the breeze, accompanied by Viet Nam's folk music tells many stories of the past. Unfortunately I did not leave a photo.

Buses Pavilion square at the end of the Embassy district, highlighting his uncle Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, the Lincoln Memorial General solemn, keep quiet.

The square actually is very small, not great, but in Tiananmen Square is full of fresh grass, police in maintaining continuous, visitors step into. I am far away to see Ho Chi Minh Memorial gate just visit for visitors, all of a sudden it reminds some people told me, if not the morning rush door to, generally very difficult to go around, because it's free, and is not allowed with camera, this rule appears to be our Chairman Mao Memorial Hall is a bit similar. So there is no way that I can only around Plaza Longge bike tour, then broke into a do not know the name of the Park, like a Carnival event, a lot of entertainment programmes, for instance, a bamboo blind hit of swing, something that is very busy, and are free to participate in, longge 40, tour of Dafa, condescending and people play-on the occasion of its unbridled ways not to lose to the six age child, one by one to play again, truly human in! we are also free to watch the Viet Nam's water puppet shows, Viet Nam, the emperor with the title borrowed from old turtle sword to defeat aggression in the North and also the sword and the turtle story (this is also the name jianhu's origin).

Back from BA Pavilion Plaza, we passed by a troop of residence, because gradually lost to standing in the doorway of the Sentinel inquiries, the result I have not had to meet the opening in the guard to my salute, this gesture I still head to encounter, at a time, with the result that sentry does not understand English, but unfortunately also the clocking and farewell, but he is also a salute, haha I and the first inverted longge laughing horse.

Near noon, because when the hot dry mouth we are in front of a bistro stopped, in even the dry five cups of draught beer, delicious, a reckoning is only 3000 guilders a Cup, drink longge direct call cheap, cheap, but think of the hotel there is also a Xiao Wang in, we're not going to go, even lunch also resolved.

Maybe it was a morning activity was too tired, perhaps taking into account the overnight train all the way to the evening will be bumped up to the hue, in the afternoon we have a sense of sleep.

Before the bicycle also went to the post office to report a safe home. Hanoi also sword Lake on the post office with Ningbo Jiangxia bridge post office, is not very prominent. But the lessee shall pay also good but not expensive 6000 shield/minute (presumably this price, I can't remember exactly). Dinner in our hotel just deal with it, before the check-out at six, but the checkout point of noisy, unpleasant they where just follow the noon 12 points to check-out time, unless the previous day and foreground greeting note, with the consent before 18: 00 check-out for you on half-day, in addition to this all as a second-day room rate. We had very clearly this status, results and shops have occurredArgument, then he pointed at the wall of a small piece of the announcement that they have such a provision. Days that had four! poor block and a half dollars, then longge generous that you took when is RMB 4 half-not, not just four and a half? also, out of a trip is not easy, not to mention count RMB nor is 30 fast money, a pack of cigarettes less money, don't care about.

Our time in the 18: 30 arrival at the offices of Sinh Café, is actually the opposite of the hotel, but the general concept of time Viet Nam people, maybe is the product of the planned economy, we had to wait nearly half an hour, to a small van put us to the location of large buses.

The result is a minutes and stops at the hotel we lived in the 79 HOTEL door after PRINCE. A child up tall, looks good girls on the bus, we looked at her, because not-European beauty looks, we're guessing her is not a sibling. Finally I can't temper resistance asked where she is, she told me that Japan man named thousand one, one to Viet Nam, so we're chatting on the two days in Hanoi's feelings and trip, and seat beside longge and Xiao Wang mutual complained that the language of the sufferings and perplexity, heroes of exclamation! minibuses will soon we sent to the bus car parking lot, you already have a lot of people in the car, we put your luggage on the bus to sit down, after discovering the thousand and one sitting behind me, and she sat longge embarrassed together or alone chose a place to sit down. Mostly European vehicle, some Asian appearance of almost 50% of these are like the international visitors, the whole vehicle is one of the UN, some foreigners long huge, toddler, walk slowly to the action, pick a foot to as ground shakes, longge words ass can pinch of mahjong. Nearly 19 points when I heard the sound of the engine engine, we set off, say goodbye to the lights reflecting in Hanoi, I even have some eye sees her so hurried off, maybe the next stop will be more exciting travel waiting for us, but here and now, I had to, and the Hero City say goodbye, a strange feeling came over, no sorrow, no sorrow, nor is the absence of the subtle melancholy, say, road departure of unknown, perhaps always, but I don't know when we will meet again with her?

(Also the sword Lake)

(Hanoi War Memorial)

(The Bay of fruit)

(Hanoi street selling bread in the morning)