Holiday to Hanoi Vietnam

10th till 14th Nov 2008 : Holiday in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Weather cooling 22 degrees to 26 degrees C. Nice weather and I love this kind of cooling weather.

Went with Evelyn Yap my primary classmate. Met up with her in KL and stayed a night at her parents place. Very nice parents Evelyn has. Uncle Ban fetched me at Subang airport. Fire fly was good airline. Serve food and drinks. Uncle Ban took me to the Clove and had japanese lunch. Mary could not make it coz she had classes on. Went to their house to meet up John, Francis and Aunt Elizabeth.

Took the LRT ride on our way to LCCT. Flight delay to 4pm. Met new friends upon arrival at Hanoi Emily & Sabrina as they took the same cab and stayed same hotel with us.

Stayed at Hanoi Golden Plaza Hotel. Staff very friendly and hospitable. Breakfast on the house. Good coffee & bread with eggs and butter daily. Lunch @ Papa Joe while dinner usually ate Noodle soup (Chicken)

Went for City tour to many interesting places in Hanoi. Ho Chin Min museum and saw his real body resting there...no cameras allow & mobile phones. Took pictures only outsides. Went to few lakes as Hanoi means inside the red river.

Experienced the culture and arts of Vietnamese. Had good VIP lunch...rice of Hanoi, famous taufu, prawns, french beans veggie, chicken stew & spring roll. Yummy Yummy!

Went to watch the Water Puppet Show. 40 mins showtime. Pretty interesting.
Something like out Wayang Kulit.

During the City tour met 1 Canadian uncle (Ron) he is an aero-engineer, Grace young Standard Chartered banker with her parents & a vietnamese girl married with an Australian guy with a daughter names Emily. Took picture with her (as below).

Bought some sourvenir and I must say things in Hanoi is not cheap. Very expensive. Bought sourvenir for my love ones. Food there also very expensive.

On the whole hotel staff Peter & Hung very nice people. Hotel is budget style but clean and helpful people around us.

This holiday takes me to relax and forget about work for a while.

A great holiday.