Our Plan We knew we would be back to Hanoi by about 3 pm after our 3day-2night Halong Bay Cruise. Since it would be the last evening in Hanoi we did not make any “grand” plan to go anywhere specific,…
Day 11, 12 & 13: Halong Bay Cruise
Plan for the next three days This was the first day of our 3day-2night Halong Bay cruise. Our original started date was five days ago but it was also the day when all cruise boats had to get off the…
Day 9 & 10 – Back to Hanoi
Plan for the next two days It would be our final morning in Tam Coc, we did not have any plan to do any more sightseeing in Tam coc, we rather had a leisurely breakfast and waited for our transport…
Day 7 & 8: Tam Coc – Cave Mua & Tam Coc Boat Ride
Plan for two days In Tam Coc there were only two places that was a must visit for us. It was Mua Caves (Hang Mua) and Tam Coc boat ride. The optional items were in Trang An which were Trang…
Day 6: Tam Coc (Ninh Binh)
Plan for the day The plan for today went through two changes all because of Typhoon Mangkult. Originally we planned to explore Hanoi then it was changed to our Halong Bay Cruise (3 days – 2 nights) finally it was…
Day 5: Sapa back to Hanoi
Plan for the day We would be leaving Sapa at about 3 pm for Hanoi. Our estimated time on reaching Hanoi was 9pm which would not leave us much time but to check into our hotel and rest. By end…
Day 4: Sapa – Cat Cat Village
Plan for the day We would trek over to the nearby Cat Cat Village from our hotel in the morning. This village was famous for its pictureque scenery and we had a whole day allocated to enjoy it.. By end…
Day 3: Sapa – Mount Fansipan
Plan for the day We would be visiting Mount Fanispan. The trip up would be via its funicular and cable car. We were not too sure how much time would be sufficient to explore Mount Fansipan so we decided to…
Day 2: Sapa Town
Plan for the next four days The plan was to spend four days three nights in Sapa. On the first day we would travel by express bus for about 6 hours from Hanoi to Sapa. On the second day we…
Day 1: Arriving in Hanoi
Plan for the day Our plan was to fly into Hanoi from Singapore. Our flight should touch down in Noi Bai International Airport by about 3.35pm. We had booked an airport pickup from our hotel at Hanoi Old Quarter. For…