Tuesday Dec 2 2025 - Halong Bay - Hanoi - Hue Vietnam
Previous posts can be found on the right side under BLOG ARCHIVE.
STEPS
WEATHER
TOUR DAY 7 afternoon flight
Boat-speed boat-bus-plane
PRONOUNCE - HUE - Whey
ITALICS TOUR DESCRIPTION
Enjoy the fullness of a sunrise and a morning swim (if weather permits) before taking breakfast on board. Then, you will visit one of the famous caves in the middle of the bay before cruising back to the main harbor for the transfer back to Hanoi. You will then be transferred to Hanoi's airport for a short flight to Hue. Upon arrival, you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel in Hue.
Free dinner and overnight in Hue. (Breakfast-Lunch)
When we met up with John, Gerry, and Tiem this morning I thought Tiem was joking when he said we would be taking a speed boat!! It turned out that our VietJet flight was moved to early afternoon so the only way we would make it would be to take a speed boat at 11 back to meet the rest of our group on time to get to the airport! The boat wasn't due to dock until 1 PM.
We packed up had the awful buffet and were on our way.
We definitely had the more exciting time!
One quick bathroom break.
Much more selections that at a Canadian On Route!
As we continued along Tiem told us about the Vin empire.
Vingroup JSC (Vietnamese: Tập đoàn Vingroup – Công ty CP, lit. 'Vingroup Group – JSC') is a private Vietnamese conglomerate owned by entrepreneur Phạm Nhật Vượng as the largest shareholder, and headquartered in Long Bien district, Hanoi. Vingroup is one of the largest conglomerates of Vietnam, focusing on technology, industry, real estate development, retail, and services from healthcare to hospitality. As of 2022, Vingroup's revenue and that of its subsidiaries accounted for nearly 1.1% of Vietnam's GDP,⠀
The company was founded in Ukraine in 1993 by property developer and entrepreneur Phạm Nhật Vượng as Technocom and originally produced food products.
Everywhere you look in Vietnam you see the iconic turquoise cabs, scooters, cell phones, malls, amusement parks.
These are new properties he is developing.
Vietnam Airlines safety VIDEO
We land in Hue and have a new tour guide, but Bus 2 stays together.
CHERISH HOTEL 57 Ben Nghe Street, Hue, Vietnam
Nice hotel, I didn't take any photos of the room, it had a balcony and was located in a perfect location.
We stopped at the first place as we hadn't had lunch. Frog skin, okay. It is crispy with saturate...
Maybe not the right place for us.
Let's find somewhere else.
We found a place that appealed.
We were across the street from the "recommended" Michelin star Madame Thu and watched as most of the group entered, someone had also posted where they were on WhatsApp.
I also had this on my list and we decided we would do it tomorrow (best laid plans and all that).
However this was delicious!! Chicken was amazing. As was the AUS shaking beef.
No comments:
Post a Comment
This blog does not allow anonymous comments.