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We arrived in Hanoi in the morning. As always when we arrive in a country, our first task was to find an ATM, but both the train station’s ATM’s were out of order. The nearest one was about a half hour walk with our packs. Fortunately, communication was easy – most people seemed to speak some basic level of English.
We grabbed a cab to our hotel Thu Giang Guesthouse in the Old City. Finally, we were definitely back in backpacker land. Laundry, Internet, Tours, everything arranged for you for a reasonable price. We dropped our bags and headed out to see the sites. It didn’t take long. We quickly checked out Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son temple, and then started doing the Lonely Planet’s walking tour. The shopping in the Old City was great – and by far the best quality and cheapest prices we saw in Vietnam (much better than Saigon). Unfortunately we didn’t know this, and decided to press on with the walking tour instead of relaxing and shopping.Our biggest complaint about Hanoi (and Saigon) was that the cities were completely overrun by motorcycles. The roads are complete chaos, and crossing them was a major event.
I so remember trying to cross the street anywhere in Vietnam, but Hanoi really took the cake. There is a restaurant on the second floor by the lake where a few streets meet, and watching people try to cross the road from that vantage point was entertaining to say the least.
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Hi ! I will travel in Hanoi next January and I would like to stay at Thu Giang Guesthouse but I can’t find their email address, could you give me it please ?
Thanks in advance !
Camille
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Ian replied on December 29th, 2009 3:59 pm:
Sorry, we don’t know the address, but if you find it please come back and let us know, it might be useful for other people!
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thu giang replied on February 15th, 2010 3:27 am:
you could go to our website to book your room. http://www.thugianggh.com/
Thanks and see you soon
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visit out website at http://www.thugianggh.com
Thanks and see you soon
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