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Control reading, huh, huh, but I and my LG style but distinct Oh.

LG like to freely, but I have more attention; practical, hoping to give you more details and information, in front of the body, I put on the account list and detailed itineraries, compare the dull, not like watching friends please direct reading of the body of the travel section. Due to the length of this article is too long, it is divided into three parts, on the lower:

Part one: the accounts list, detailed itinerary and Hanoi section

Article: in Hoi an, hue, NHA section

Next article: Sai Kung

Part one

This tour includes transportation to and from a total of 15 days

Tickets: Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh in Beijing — — Beijing round-trip ticket two tickets for $ (including tax) 8280

Visa: two tickets for $ 600

Hanoi airport departure tax: $ 28USD = 232

Traffic: 758000VND + $ 35USD = 689

(Including Hanoi to hue train hard sleeper $ 343, OPEN TOUR $ 230, other $ 116)

Accommodation: altogether 12 night $ 112USD = 926

Eat and drink: 2798300VND = $ 1474

Visit: 665000VND + 48USD = $ 747

(Including the Bay, Hong Kong, u.s. Sen, Mekong River tour tickets and other expenses)

Shopping: 1356700VND + $ 39USD = 1037

Other: $ 43500VND = 23

Total: $ 14008

Note: the above follow 1USD = 15700VND, 1USD = 8.27RMB calculation, 1 RMB approximately 1900 Viet Nam shield

Day1 10 December (Fri) VN901 Beijing 15: 30-18: 25 places in Hanoi, Hanoi

From the airport to downtown Hanoi Noi Bai Airport minibus airpot took $ 2 per person

Hostel Thu Giang next to a hotel, $ 10

Day2 11 December (Saturday)-Hanoi hostel Hanoi

Moved to Thu Giang Guesthouse: 828 5734 thuyhan00@hotmail.com 5A Pho Tam Thuong, $ 6 per night

Early look at the Lenin square in the morning, visit Temple, Pavilion Plaza, West Lake town Temple, old town

Find Bank money, buy a train ticket for Hanoi to hue (7: 30-12: 30, 13: 30-19: 30, 2 Windows), soft sleeper sold out, the air conditioning hard sleeper two 652000 shield course carpeting

In the hotel booked on the second day of Halong Bay tour, $ 15 per person

Day3 December 12th (Sun) Halong Bay tour hostel Hanoi

Morning tour to people receiving station, take bus 8 points more than three hours to the Bay, ate a simple lunch, a boat tour of 3 hours at sea, to visit the two caves (cave temple, head Wood Cave), returns at Hanoi 19 points

Day4 13 December (Mon)-Hanoi hostel train

Morning swim Kiem, Yu-Shan Temple, in the city to the North in the afternoon wandering through the city, via East Xuan market, reach and cross the railway bridge, Long Bien a taxi back to the city, at 17: 15 water puppet show (every person 20000 shield), take the overnight train to hue

Day5 14 December (Tue) tour of hue hue accommodation

Accommodation in Binh Minh Hotel: (54) 825526 binhminhhue@dng.vnn.vn 12 D Nguyen Tri Phuong, $ 13 per night

To buy Open Tour Sinh Cafe to Hoi an's ticket (per person 30000 shield), clause 2 of the city tour (each 25000 shield), afternoon tour of the Museum

Day6 15 December (Wed), a hands-on tour of places of hue

Riding the dragon boat tour along the city, visiting the refurbishment of tianlao Tower, SI de mausoleum, Ming life mausoleum

Day7 16 December (Thu) sat Open Tour 8am-1pm hostel Hoi an

Morning ride Open Tour to Hoi an, 13 o'clock to, Sinh Dong Khanh hotel Café fixed-point Hotel: (510) 914400 dongkhanhhotelha@yahoo.com Hieu Nguyen Duy 42, $ 7 each evening, tour of the town, making clothes

Day8 17 December (Fri) tour Hoi an Hoi an night

Rent a bicycle in the morning (two half-day 10000 shield) to the Cua Dai 5km Beach, afternoon wandering shopping in town, set on the second day of Mrs Brigade ($ 2 per person) and the third day by day to Nha car ($ 6 per person)

Day9 18 December (Saturday)-US Sen half days hostel Hoi an

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View My Son ruins, 14 o'clock returns Hoi an

Day10 December 19 (Sunday) sat Open Tour hostel NHA

6 points on the bus in the morning, a small van, night more than 18 points, arrive at NHA scenery en route, after several beautiful beaches

Hotel occupancy: Truc Linh (058) 815201 internet_bt@yahoo.com Hung Vuong 27B, $ 6 per night, in a hotel booked second night to the overnight train ($ 6 per person)

Day11 20 December (Mon) NHA hostel overnight train

Rent a deck chair on the beach enjoying the sea breeze, enjoy the old lady selling seafood brings premium lobster crab feast (150000 shield), 15 point after the Sun, to the city to visit the city (the Cathedral, the school gate NHA spectacular traffic)

20 points, and get off at comfortable cart, many locals

Day12 21 December (Tue) tour of Saigon Saigon hostel

6 a.m. arrival Saigon Bui Vien Street, looking for a hotel very hard, all packed on Christmas Eve, last admission Hanh Hoa Hotel: (848) 836 0245 hanhhoahotel@hcm.vnn.vn 237 Pham Ngu Lao, $ 12 per night, in Cafe333 after breakfast to the opposite set of Office Sinh Café on the second day of the Mekong River tour ($ 7 per person), to the more navigation Office (next to the old town hall) and reconfirmations, then walking tour of Saigon, Cathedral, post office, shopping center, BT market, Saigon River

Day13 22 December (Wed) Mekong tour hostel Kung

8 points, 11 o'clock to Cai Be, boat tour didn't see the few ship market, visited the spring rolls, coconut, sugar, rice flower candy workshop, lunch, dinner and enjoy the folk music, take a boat to Vinh Long, there to visit a local market, more than 3 points, return by bus to leave one keeps in the visit some monkeys restaurant, 7: 30 return to Saigon

Day14 23 December (Thu) tour of Saigon Saigon hostel

Morning visit the reunification Palace, Museum of the war card track, afternoon shopping

Day15 24 December (Friday) 6: 30 VN900 Ho Chi Minh — Beijing home 14: 25

In essence, Viet Nam, was a time not too many surprises.

Accustomed to the beauty of the eyes, but not in Viet Nam, and pleasant scenery.

Ultimately went to Viet Nam is not for the beautiful scenery, but to go and see this country, this is the Chinese culture, Chinese characters have to dip into the official language, used to surrender in ancient China, and has undergone many changes and war-torn nation, this despite the small size but in world history and wrote the indispensable strong a nation, this is still poverty has been called the "backpackers paradise".

What soil makes her?

Geographically Viet Nam is a solid state s-shaped with narrow winding long coastline.

General travel routes because of her special geographical and same simple: from the North of the capital Hanoi, the coastal side of the road, all the way to the South until the southern most prosperous cities in Ho Chi Minh City. Or the reverse. We take the route from North to South, in two weeks time, stay organized along 5 destinations, Viet Nam most unique 5 city, Hanoi, Hoi an, hue, NHA, Ho Chi Minh City.

First stop is Hanoi.

City Centre is a quiet, beautiful ring sword Lake.

Lake of cool as if to this busy city is the cooling, micro-soft has been flat water waves caressing her rhythm. Regardless of the morning, noon or evening, the Lake is always not sit idle people, elderly people, lovers, there are in this city you will never be able to avoid the foreign tourists. Here we also became foreigners, although we often do not feel that a lot of Viet Nam also feel, with Viet Nam, and our speech. I feel that they are in, or West, it is a kind of makes me melt into life, comfortable and quiet.

In the morning, Viet Nam's busy day on the early start, in Lenin's square, the Central sword Lake, Mu dawn of the elderly, children have started to work in the morning, people have been riding on motorcycles running on the road.

To the evening, the motorcycle group will put the old narrow streets packed, traffic flow, flow of cutting, often made me feel that way, but there is still a cyclist who relishes shuttle.

Hanoi's old nickname 36 the street, as the name implies, every street was one of the same business.

But now this Division have changed, but you can still see a whole street are motorcycle parts, another Street are selling toys, shoes, a street, a street fashion. I especially like the streets one next to a little, those open to tourists shops are filled with Viet Nam and crafts, varied silk product, woodcarving, lacquer painting, beautiful, more people to put it down. I also like to see dressed in traditional clothes, head of the woman picked brimmed with pole in the streets is grown, burden inside green vegetables, colorful flowers, the most fresh and tender to the assorted fruit drops. Small alleys everywhere are fresh agricultural products, sugar cane, shrimp from afar? woman in a small alley to buy vegetables and meat home, hanging on the motorcycle had a bag full of elliptical fat French bread. This scene made me look for dinner, the like joy, this is the prosperity of Hanoi, Hanoi, life, although no romantic mood, but it is so fresh activity.

Hanoi backpackers-Hanoi or, a received a small travel agency full of city streets, many

Open or secret family hotels reservoirs at old town deep alley. Here, you can always see the various faces of the people, will always be able to hear the motorcyclists, tricycle-Fu on you warm greeting. I for Viet Nam tourism has been very curious, it is said that foreign tourists staff an LP, everyone sat Open Tour of automotive vertical wear and the South. Here for tourists with a lot of people, who are fluent in English, and they can do anything to make you comfortable. Perhaps the reason is that they provide service is adapted to the needs of Western tourists to: they conform to the Western cultural habits, lifestyle, and also cater for Viet Nam's imagination and requirements. Cheap beds, standard Western, convenient bus, that from the colonial legacy of the French little mood, all should and Western backpackers in require. Seemingly come hard and poorest countries is comfortable and save money for the journey.

This time we went to Viet Nam, but also to experience the so-called Western backpackers travel, therefore, a 2003 Edition of Lonely Planet Vietnam has become an essential props.

Because the updated version of the LP to the spring of 2005, only 2003 and is a bit outdated, I would also refer to the 2004 LP version of Southeast Asia on a Shoestring in regard to the information in Viet Nam. On the way to live, eat, basically rely on the recommendation of the LP, a family visit in the past.

However, from North to South, I'm not too keen on LP and its ideal of the backpackers ' paradise, I feel we are in a standardized travel team, everywhere has the perfect service Open Tour, even out of the door of the hotel you can get tickets and booked tour route, the bus will come to the hotel received the participation of people, we are all unified under the tour routes, Hong Kong, Kowloon, the Mekong, the hard work and fun travel are then reduced to its lowest point.

From time to time on the road will hear someone talking about China, mostly in Viet Nam travel and travel in China.

Yes, in China, you don't might look like in Viet Nam as English everywhere, you can't easily get traffic, if you select a backpack to go to China, it's inevitable encounter all kinds of trouble. But it is not easy, you have to use local transport services, and they eat together, stay together, no one to organize visits, through their own dotting all you can get the maximum of freedom and space. In Viet Nam, the standardization of the journey, it seems more like is for lazy people. Of course, certainly there are also people who do not adopt such an approach, which must have been real ass would rather spend their time and effort to close the local people's lives, not the same itinerary, the problem is when there is such a good service lie ahead, most people will be how to choose?

This is not to say that I don't appreciate the Viet Nam tourism approach, on the contrary, I think the Chinese are too far behind.

If China can do so well, I'm afraid no one went to Viet Nam? on the landscape, culture, Viet Nam and how like? just, I really don't want to think of such a high quality service as the backpackers ' paradise. Not really, Viet Nam should be referred to as a corruption of the traveler's paradise? hehe.

Gossip suffice, go back to the topic.

First night arrival Hanoi time relatively late, the plane was delayed for an hour, take the airport bus ($ 2 per person) to Hanoi City, is 9 points. Get off at the Kiem southwest side (P Quang Trung Trang Thi P and intersections), to go to Hubei faces old go much distance, so we choose to map a recent Inn Spring Hotel. Fortunately, the Viet Nam's road signs are well done and very complete, each junction has directed, so the map is very convenient, does not get lost. Quickly find Spring Hotel, they have only the attic room, the General conditions, to 8 dollars, we decided to continue to move forward, to a mile away from a Backpackers Inn more lane (P Tam Thuong), there are two LP's on the hotel. There remains a "full, these small hotel was originally a room not Ah, however Thu Giang Guesthouse hostess told us that she knew this lane inside there is a room available, but their price is quite high, let's go there to make one night, she can give us the room. So, we just beside a House called Tung Trang (13 Tam Thuong) hotel stay, standard room US $ 10 a night, conditions can also. The next morning we stroll inside turned to see a few Inn, conditions are broadly similar, prices are not low, but finally moved to Thu Giang Guesthouse, as long as 6 dollars, room clean, the bed clean, but very very simple terms, the bathroom outside the room, a slight inconvenience, but not the public. Here is clearly to receive Western backpackers, using a white envelope-style sheets, but there is no blanket, ask the host to.

Hanoi to our first impression was that Viet Nam businessman looks really cool, owner doesn't allow it is not easy, as the day we arrived so late, room rather empty, not the price, it is inconceivable.

However Thu Giang hostess completely different, a young beautiful girl, Viet Nam was the one of the three daughters, very capable, very friendly, always beaming. Although her two sisters and his parents would say something in English, but about the price, and so on all matters relating to all to wait for her to intervene. Her English course say more than we road, in Viet Nam in most of the tourism industry can speak fluent English, Super-let us speaking already poor more feel inferior. Train station ticket offices also offer specially for foreign visitors, the English service in 2 window. We firstAt the train station just opposite the Street South Bank (since the weekend, several business Hall Vietcombank has opened the door, we walked many long, but at last, even in the station front found a is in the business of the Bank) had a lot of Viet Nam shield, and finally carried three million would be about, but a bit of well-being, and soon paid out 60 million. Originally planned to buy soft sleeper, but actually sold out, but to buy cheap little air conditioning hard sleeper, two course carpeting total is 652,000 shield.

Because the city is relatively small, time off, we always walked on foot, walking in the streets of Hanoi.

Kiem North is old, basic is the square of the pattern that does not get lost. Through the old town, there is a big market on the back, called Dong Xuan market, we didn't go in, from the outside of the crowded streets of fresh and dry goods spreading can visit to Hanoi people's prosperity. Through the crowded alley, we finally came to the railroad, the famous Long Bien railway bridge, it is said that the bridge is the Eiffel Tower's designer, has had more than 100 years, stands now, still is the city's main railway roads. While going through the years, both sides of the sidewalk is damaged, or you can constantly see bustle through here, selling things women in bicycle seat tie up huge luggage, shake shaky ground after school children carrying bag, leisurely walk of motorcyclists from whirled around us. Finally go out more than a thousand meters of the bridge, we feel suddenly came to the suburbs, want to make a car back is not found, this is probably not many tourists will come to the place.

Halong Bay seems to Viet Nam travel of people completely unable to avoid a attractions, especially the Chinese on it's title "sea Guilin" even more longing.

But the most beautiful Halong Bay is in Twilight, when the sunset West ramp time little fishing boats can be said is that it's the classic scene, but to see the beauty of the morning and not only need to catch up with the good weather, you also need to have enough time, at least in the night on the island. Before departure, my son had carefully for several times, or feel that there is no way to Halong Bay to stay two days, only to leave a little regret. In a hotel booked by Bay tour, large group of us $ 15 per person. In the morning, the travel agent who came to pick us up, hit the car to travel the door, there's a lot of people are waiting for a bus, about 8 points, we took the bus arrived. Fully open 3 hours van parked in a company known as Guangdong cuisine restaurant before lunch. The food was simple, rice, fried vegetables, soups, estimates are often received the China team.

At noon, we got into the boat and other young people go straight to the top of the ship, we will soon take their sites to see themselves as comfortable position or sit or lie down, and we have finally found a little senses when bots Li River, the cool sea breeze blowing, the sunshine of the body, watching the farther shore, distant mountains.

Visited two little meaning cave, the cave heard many seem to have a similar legend, Viet Nam, down to the Bay, in the ship's operational experience again, the feeling of heavy water feared. Just open the surface here, but very small mountain, which feels aren't obvious, however, I still think the Guilin landscape is much better!

In Hanoi, another important thing is to look at water puppet shows, theatre at the Kiem's northeast corner, a very humble, to the evening, here is the tourist bus, taxi, tricycle ringby, drowned.

We in the morning to buy a ticket, 2 million guilders was second-class ticket, you can get in before the performance a crudely paper fan, 5 million guilders was one vote, like it can lead to tape. Theatre, the stage is a green pool, manipulate the puppets of the actors behind the curtain to be standing waist deep in water, as well as on the left side is playing music, singing to the puppet dubbing actor. The whole show is approximately 50 minutes, divided into ten sections, there are performance idyllic life, history and legend of the lion dance Phoenix dance, and so on, quite interesting. Unfortunately, we bought a second vote is too far away from the stage, to see the details.

Speaking of Hanoi's most important places, is also the traveller must, of course, the bus station square, its status is like Beijing's Tiananmen Square, although the area is small, but neat and covered with turf, impressively, or are we surprised.

The West side of the square is the magnificent majestic of Ho Chi Minh Memorial, only in the morning is free, this is probably the most solemn of Hanoi, guarded building. The following is the Uncle Ho, and a number of attractions, including the Museum and birthplace, etc. From there to the North is to the West Lake, West Lake landscape very ordinary, however the shore that was built in the early sixth century a.d. – the town of Preah Vihear temple worth a go, the monastery has exuberant. But our favorite monuments is a temple, it is our first Viet Nam to visit the monuments, which are similar to the Temple in Beijing, makes people feel more cordial. But maybe the geographical location of southerly, Viet Nam's courtyard is always giving me an exquisite feeling, her lack of northern China and solemn atmosphere, replaced by smart, all of xiaojiabiyu temperament and idealistic daily. Although architectural form and afterwards, but this kind of Viet Nam taste put you can tell at once. A notable feature is that almost every into the courtyard between green pond. When we went into the Temple in the winter, surprises, where you can still have swept the hands and the green leaves and beautiful Lotus.

In the restaurant bar next to the Temple in Koto (61 Pho Van Mieu), our first time to eat a meal to Viet Nam.

I chose the "Wrap it yourself" is actually only to Viet Nam, spring rolls, do-it-yourself to volume, very interesting. A little later, in front of me on a big basket, which Bowl Po has a lot of things. There is a cloud of white rice noodles, a small pile of cucumber and pineapple, bean sprout lettuce mint leaves and other called the name of the leaves, is said to be made by using shrimp meat but I always feel that smell like tofu balls stuff is in GanCane cutting into a small stick — I was bit only to find that is sugar cane, hee hee, who we don't know the English description of the menu in the sugar cane are written. Baskets of intermediate swing a bowl of thick sauce, and certainly not a volume white spring rolls with leather. Then the waiter also brought a white plate, motioned to me to make spring rolls skin resurfacing on the plate, then placed in a variety of materials, volume up and dip sauce. Oh, very much like to eat roast duck, I don't think foreigners come to Beijing to eat roast duck are also not because of how delicious, mainly to this unique dining experience. I fumbled volume up, spring rolls skin seems relatively thick sticky rice paper, dipped in wet after becomes soft delicious, sweet and sour sauce — typical of Viet Nam styles, a variety of brittle materials, soft, together as sour sweet tasty, but don't have a flavor, but I really don't like those as if just picked fresh leaves, astringent astringent flavor with strange. It must be stated, all material both raw and cooked, all are cold. Viet Nam catering features a light oil, simple cooking. In the dry and waited all year round climate, people like eating raw food is also not surprising, but accustomed to cooking Chinese food of excessive, it is hard to like this way of eating. So later on the way, we put the attempt of a characteristic food tasted again principle, more choice-style food. LG is a flavour of beef powder, Sai Kung, I feel it is those materials (mint leaves and the like), seasoning taste similar. Viet Nam Choi, and profound Chinese cooking will definitely FABI. But Hanoi's restaurant features really many, this open to foreign tourists most first-class environment, quite exotic, many restaurants are diversifying into more of a Western meal. Prices will be more expensive, but not more than the domestic price of small restaurants, two people spend four $ 50 absolutely can eat good.

In this family for breakfast and there spent all morning, Baguette & Chocolat (Cha Ca 11), and also the LP recommended, known as a most delicious chocolate Hanoi package (Pain Chocolat), 7 thousand guilders a variety of other things are not so cheap, but simply eat breakfast does not spend too much money, we point out two chocolate package, including two fried eggs and a small dishes for breakfast, bread, coffee and tea, totally spent 47,000 (equivalent to 20 million).

Why is recommended here, to know the atmosphere here is very France, second floor, wood floors can be to take your shoes off, rattan, coffee table, sofa white cotton, with white wood lattice window awhile, and let the breeze in the morning, you can hold a book invites us to the window of the sofa, a relaxing time.

There is also a foreign tourists in reputation good Viet Nam restaurant, called small Little Hanoi, Hanoi at P Ta Tien, Road East West has a menlian, notably in Kiem's Northwest corner of a Hang Gai P Café also called little Hanoi, two completely unrelated.

Sit back and relax?