Ho Chi Minh
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Place to stay:
Madam Cuc 127
Cong Quynh St, Dist.1
from the airport to Madam Cuc: + 30 minutes (pick up to the airport: $13/car)
room rate: $ 22 (including free breakfast and dinner, free wifi)
*the free dinner is noodle and spring roll (better just eat outside)
*the free wifi is working properly only at the lobby
Place to eat:
Pho 2000
01 Phan Chu Trinh St.
Dist 1
Spots:
· War Remnant Museum: 28 Vo Van Tan, District 3; open: 7.30 – 12.00, 13.30 – 17.00; VND 15,000/person
· Water puppet @ Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theatre: 55B Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Dist. 1; 5pm and 7.3opm; 50 minutes show; VND120.000/person
· Notre Dame
· Cu Chi Tunnels: half day tour (by boat and car): $ 19; HCM to Cu Chi by car + 2 hours
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| spot poto wajib : ) |
Good Taxis: vinasun dan mailinh
Dalat
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From Ho Chi Minh by bus:
Phuong Trang VND 190,000: 7-8 hours
Place to stay
Thien An Hotel
272A Phan Dinh Phung
Room rate $25
Place to eat:
Restaurant Da Quy
49 Truong Cong Dinh
6am – 11pm
Beef curry: VND 75,000; fish shimmer in caramel in clay pot: VND 69,000; fried banana with sugar and vodka: VND 25,000; Vietnamese coffee with milk VND 19,000
Trong Dong
220 Phan Dinh Phung
Eel with coconut juice: VND 75,000; roasted rabbit: VND 90,000
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| valley of love |
Spots:
· Valley of Love: VND 20,000
· Flower Park: VND 20,000
· Railway Station: free
· Crazy House: VND 35,000
· Paradise Lake (Tuyen Lam Lake) and Truc Lam pagoda: free
· Summer Palace: VND 15,000
· Mai Anh Church
Hoi An
From Dalat to Danang by Vietnam Airlines: VND 1,789,000
From Danang to Hoi An by car: 40 minutes
Place to stay:
Hoang Trinh Hotel
45 Le Quy Don
*this one is nice. Very friendly staff.
Room rate $22; pick up at the airport $15
Place to eat:
Miss Ly
22 Nguyen Hue
White rose: VND 45,000; fried wonton: VND 80,000
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| mba2nya masih bobo. kita datengnya kepagian :D |
Spots:
· An Bang Beach: taxi from old town VND 65,000
Hue
From Hoi An to Hue by bus: 4.5 hours
We went there by a bus company called Cuc Tung. It’s a sleeper bus, not comfortable. I rather have a sitting bus. And they stop many times; many times to pick up passengers, one time for a long lunch, and one time i don’t even know what for (we just stopped there on the side of a road). So i wouldn’t recommend Cuc Tung.
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| the sleeper bus from Hoi An to Hue |
Place to stay:
Binh Minh Sunrise Hotel
Place to eat:
Festival Restaurant (by the river)
11 Le Loi
NOT RECOMMENDED
Service is poor; significant price difference tourists ; and they don’t even have ice coffee!
Restaurant Anh Binh
65 Vo Thi Sau
*try banh khoai: VND 30,000
Spots:
· Citadel: locals VND 55,000; tourists VND 80,000
· Thien Mu Pagoda
· Tu Duc Tomb: VND 80,000
· Ho Quyen
· Elephant Temple
· Tu Hieu
Hanoi
From Hue to Hanoi by Vietnam Airlines: VND 1,789,000
Place to stay:
Hotel Impressive
56 Au Trieu, Hoan Kiem Dist
room rate $47 (there’s a computer in the room)
From the airport to the hotel + 4-0 minutes
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| hoan kiem lake |
Spots:
· Hoan Kiem Lake
· St Joseph Cathedral
· Old Quarter (I personally don’t really like this place)
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| sunset at halong bay |
From Hanoi to Halong Bay: 3.5 hours drive
We took a cruise with the White Dolphin (Halong Continental Sails).
Suite Double Cabin (with our own small balcony): $310 for 2 person (including pick up from and to the hotel in Hanoi)
Booked online from minmax travel (mr Ben)
*the cruise was nice: service was fine, the itinerary was good, the room was nice. Only the food was not so good
Other info:
· There’s a speed limit in Vietnam. On the highways, the speed limit is 80km/hour. In the city it is 40-50km/hour.
· Always bargain when u buy something. The price of 1.5 liter water, 500 ml water, and a bottle of green tea at the supermarket are as follows: VND 7,300; VND 3,000; VND 12,000-15,000.
Rita’s itinerary:
Day 1: Fly from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh
Day 3: Bus from Ho Chi Minh to Dalat
Day 4: Fly from Danang to Hoi An
Day 5: Hoi An
Day 6: Bus from Hoi An to Hue
Day 7: Fly from Hue to Hanoi
Day 8: Halong Bay Cruise
Day 9: Back to Hanoi
Day 10: Fly from Hanoi back to Singapore
