Traveling to the one of Indochina Country, Vietnam (Chapter 1)

Try visiting one of Indochina State of Vietnam. Arriving landed at Noi Bai international airport should not be imagined as an international airport in another country, even if their area is wide enough but there are only a few deserted airport aircraft parking. The distance between the airport to downtown (the location of the hotel) about 35 km. start our first tour to Ha Long Bay. We take the package one day to Ha Long for USD 2n/orang. The price includes round-trip air-conditioning bus, lunch, entrance fee to 1okation tours, tickets for a boat ride on the lagoon and the English-speaking guide. Travel to Ha Long Bay takes 3.5 hours.


Visiting Ha Long Bay is what makes us feel lucky to have visited Hanoi. Ha Long Bay is a resort that must be visited. All hotels and travel agencies in Hanoi must have put a tour to Ha Long Bay as a first choice.

Ha Long bay was the site of the natural wonders of the lagoon (lake) surrounded by approximately 1900 large and small islands in the Tonkin Gulf region (140 km north of Hanoi). In the area scattered many rocks of various sizes that make it unique and very beautiful. Ha Long Bay is one of the wonders of the world are preserved by UNESCO.

There are Dao Go cave. To enter the cave, could climb the trail as far as about 300 meters. Inside the cave there are a lot of stalactite and stalagmites are already hundreds of years old.

Very cheap original Pearl

Even more interesting, especially for female tourists, at the entrance of the cave, many people sell genuine pearls are very cheap. Imagine a set of necklace and earrings worth 120,000 Vietnamese Dong, or about Rp. 72,000 only.

We also shopped d fruits floating markets around the lagoon. In the middle of the lagoon, the boat stopped to allow travelers to enjoy the scenery shop at floating markets or small boat ride into the tunnel, surrounded by high rock really exotic!
Enjoying Hanoi
The next day we did not lag use travel agents because they want to enjoy the city of Hanoi with ease We visited the buildings of the French colonial relic that is still intact and is left untouched, especially in the districts of Ba Dinh. Location is the famous French Quarter where many small streets with typical French quarter-quarter and surrounded by old buildings.

We also visited Van Mieu (the first and oldest university in Vietnam which was built in 1010), Dong Xuan Market, Van Phuc, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Palace and the Museum of Ho Chi Minh, Quan Pagoda Troc (one pillar pagoda), the theater and water puppet show.

Hoan Kiem Lake is a lake in the middle of the city is quite green and cold in the middle there is a pagoda (pagoda turtle). Around the lake are many seats that used by teenagers to mingle, old people who just sit around looking for fresh air, street vendors and tourists who were berjogging.

Around Hoan Kiem is a complex of shops that sell souvenirs such as handicrafts, hats and needs of tourists. Vietnamese people mostly use a hat when going out either in the form caping or wide hat. No wonder everywhere found a hat store. Souvenir shopping around Hoan Kiem quite expensive, so we were shopping at Dong Xuan market. Here, many Vietnamese souvenirs are sold very cheaply