Hanoi (and Halong Bay)

it's been a long...long time that i've never updated my blog until now!


i decided to go to Hanoi (Vietnam) with my sister, one of my friend said that "Why would like to go there? is there something good? i think there's nothing there"  
i want to tell that he was wrong! it's much better than i though... i went there in January, cool weather, everything here's peaceful and now i will tell you why fall in love in this city...

Jan 2013

arrived here Noi Bai in Hanoi the weather's colder than i though...! flight from sunny Bangkok city now cold Hanoi i need to adjust it, we reached in town by minibus for $2 worth it but waited for an hour for leaving at the airport, after the bus left the first thing i see Vietnam's identity is car horn! heard it along way to town and also terrify drive, i can't even nap but on the bright side it's excited , took about 45 minutes drive to the city.

here's problem! reached here in Hanoi but i lost my hotel booking email! we tried to find my hotel location, try to asked people but no one know but i feel so helpful by the Vietnamese try to help us and friendly until i stop by outside one hotel there's free wifi that i found...lucky me!
we found our hotel by walking...cool air good to be walking and make me know the way in Hanoi lost sometimes but it worth it. we stay at Hanoi bluesky hotel, small one but feel the friendly stuff after we reached there we planed for 2d1n trip to Halong bay our next destination. we booked by our hotel nothing complicated it's $70/person. Then we left our stuff at the hotel and ready for exploring Hanoi for that afternoon.


cool weather and cute students are waiting by the school door


we walked by the map that the hotel gave us and it helps but sometimes when we walked we have to use our best skill to cross the road in Hanoi! many motorbike bus and bicycle... just don't be panic and take the best steps and focus on it! i admit that my first day here made me tinnitus by the horn.




exploring here in Hanoi didn't make me tired in this cool weather.... our first meal here is PHO yeah good to try it original here plain taste good for take it with this atmosphere. we stopped by hong kiem lake and take some rest by this city and brought ticket for puppet water show 100.000vnd ($5) for VIP seat. 

puppet water show

the show was nice! i like their traditional soundtrack get along well with the show, across the treater are  Hoan Kiem lake are beautiful by the night.


Landmark by the Hoan Kiem lake

felt little bit tired and walked to our hotel in the night much better than the day, and see people are smoking they don't mind to smoke here, no illegal...i can see many vendor here and smoker on the roadside in a cold weather like this....


St joseph Church, Puppet water show and beside Hoan Kiem lake


to Halong Bay

Ready to go to Halong Bay, our tour guide picked us up at the hotel by 8:00am and they also picked another one in the bus too! it's not too far from Hanoi but they can't drive fast by the rule that make our drive hours could be longer.... 
we reach by the pier around the noon and prepare to get in the ship. we get to know our new friends from argentine, colombia, germany and england. everything's fit here not too many tourist in our ship.


bed room and along way by our ship 

now i really love Halong bay cool, peaceful feeling. then we had lunch together with everyone in ship get to know information about Halong and new friends... then they stop one place is for Kayak!!! wooh!!! i love it but you know i really don't know how to kayaking we really bad at this  try to rowing but always wrong directions but that how's fun! then moved to another place to climbing and sightseeing such a lovely place even we got tired but when we reached the top the words tired was disappear.

this picture make me so calm heart

then we get back in the ship again and dinner, they have fun activities like fishing and karaoke! i was bad at fishing! i only got one squid and then i gave up! and try to have fun with my favourite thing is KARAOKE! we had so much fun and dancing together it make everyone getting closer! there's no much songs in it but we still enjoy with it, you know! we sang until the night even we have to wake up early in the morning.


try to woke up in the morning i can see the other are tired face too, i knew we had so much fun last night. our plan was just cave and go to the pier and back to Hanoi! time so flies but i can't help it.



and it's time to say good bye to Halong. I will be back here again one day!

then i try to get to know more in hanoi and lucky that we have friends and live here and they gave us a motorbike and ride! i confess that i was little scare to ride here but after i try i really changed my mind, was not bad and excited more than that have to be on focus and car horn kinda be my used to sound.


so nice that my friends brought us to Ho chi minh museum, west lake and around hanoi and GOOD restaurant name 'Quan an Ngon'  i really like traditional food here and also many people by the noon. 

after that we still explore Hanoi...
one thing i learn from Hanoi is people are nice be cool people here live with unambiguous, simple life and peaceful. like to shopping at the market.

Peace
...MiM...





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