Winter Hanoi (Dec 2018)
Friends of 3pax traveling together with total spending of per pax was just RM1819.57
Where and How we did it?
Day1: KLIA to Hanoi
We took the afternoon flight and reach Hanoi around 945pm.
It's about less than 6hours of flight duration.
If you are travelling during Dec, dont forget to grab a thick jacket or waterproof coat.
It rains and windy cold at night.
We stay at a dorm in Hong Bai 51.
You can scroll down to the bottom for the full list of our costing.
Hanoi Airport Grabcar: 40,000VD
HongBai 51 (10pax dorm) 390,000VD
Day 2: Halong Bay
We had a short nap and woke up early to catch the 8am bus.
Transport to Halong (some cruise inclusive but ours are excluded): 1048,000 VD
Cristina Diamond Cruise: RM1677.42 (credit card charged)
http://www.cristinacruisehalongbay.com/
The bus would stop at some certain rest stop and you will get to see some ladies hand sew some arts.
Halong Cruise consist of boat kayak/group boat
They will stop at the pearl nesting centre
View of our Cristina Cruise Boat
Then there's cave walking up to a mini hill overlooking the whole Halong.
Night activities there's karaoke & squid fishing!
Then there's cooking workshop with the hands on making Vietnamese roll.
And all 3meals are inclusive except drinks on ur self expenses.
Day 3: Halong Bay > Old Quarters > Lao Cai
We departed halong at noon and reach old quarters around 4pm+
We deposited our luggage/backpack in the train station and had dinner nearby
Train to Sapa Lao Cai was 930pm.
Train Locker: 50,000 VD
Train: 1800,000VD
scene back from Halong Bay to Old Quarters
Dinner Place.
When u see Bia Hoi Ha Noi means they serve local beer!
Dinner
Train Station. Someone will escort you to the platform and they are quite punctual in departure.
Day 4: Lao Cai Station > Sapa
There's alot of mini van outside of laocai station they could bring you up to Sapa Hill.
Mini Van: 150,000 VD
Taxi to Airbnb (Up In The Air): 60,000VD
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/26911696
Breakfast
Coffee Place
Sapa Town/Church & Environment during December
Fansipan Station
Up to Fansipan top hill cost me total damage of 2259,000 VD & a tram down 240,000VD
There's alot of BBQ around the town but we decided to try the salmon hot pot.
In which tasted like clear sweet sour broth and fish are very very freshly caught.
FYI. Sapa is famous for wild caught salmon & trout.
Salmon Hot Pot dinner: 515,000.00VD
Night view of Sapa Town
Day 5: Sapa> Lao cai> Hanoi
The weather was so chilly above the mountain to stay in cafe during the daytime and then took the mini van down to lao cai station at evening then the night train back to Hanoi
Night Train: 1125,000 VD
Day 6: The train reach Hanoi City quite early about 5am???
We stroll around the street and walked our best to our airbnb.
We stayed at https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/28795300
Stopped for morning pho & shared a crepe
Food served on street are mostly looking odd and unhygienic .
But i fred you not cuz their street is way cleaner than ours! No trash seen!
We mostly walk around the city and you could just grab to anywhere you want.
because i was with 2 hungry friend. They could not stop eating but thanks to them i get to tried alot of variety of local food!
Cafe hoping is a must. To try their best viet coffee
And it's indeed best at Dinh Ca Phe.
And we watch the water puppet show which cost us 36,000VD.
It's about an hour of show, some people love it (like seriously) but i personally didnt enjoyed it? Haha!
Hoa Lu Prison 90,000VD
Supper was rather awesome fresh
Steam Escargot & Clams 365,000VD
Day 7: Hanoi > Tam Coc & Ninh Binh
A day trip to Tam Coc & Ninh Binh.
You could get this daytrip tour at any agency in the city, it's everywhere.
You just need to keep comparing prices and get the best deal of from them.
Breakfast we did it in the viet style.
It's really awesome and they love herbs/mint alot.
This was like viet style of chee cheong fan dipped in a very appetizing sauce.
So we went to Tam Coc for their king palace/temple.
Cute height but very chinese influence architecture.
Then Ninh Binh for boat experiencing looking at the beautiful river bed of lotus.
You gotta prepare some tips for these awesome hardworking aunties doing their chillex kayaking with their feet.
Then around evening we were back to the city.
It was our last night in Hanoi. So we decided to do what the locals would do. Sitting at the road side drinking Hanoi Beer (damn cheap) and street watching the crowd.
Buncha Dinner 305,000VD
Day 8: Hanoi > KLIA
Woke up early and depart to eat the famous Chicken Pho (Pho Ga)
then headed to Giang Ca Phe for their famous egg coffee & alcohol coffee.
Then we had our last stroll around the city before heading back to our country.
Below is the breakdown cost of every spending and itenary.
Also, prices are for 3pax. Thus final break down we had spend RM1800++ per pax!
of course it's exclusive of air fee. The Airfee was about Rm500++ with VietAir.
So it's depending on the currency and airflight you take which makes a diff on the pricing.
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