tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039390797669625550.post1870434260791805351..comments2023-10-10T12:05:28.022+01:00Comments on DEBBIE MARTIN-CONSANI: Let the holiday beginDebs M-Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710598450672711518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039390797669625550.post-77571504451313448552008-08-31T21:19:00.000+01:002008-08-31T21:19:00.000+01:00Hi, sorry I missed yesterday. I looked up my trav...Hi, sorry I missed yesterday. I looked up my travel diary from our trip to Asia and could find mentions of lots of nice food and restaurants but had only written the name of one! It was the Hoa Sua restaurant and it was one of a couple that was set up as a way to help disadvantaged/homeless kids as they do the cooking and waitressing etc and I think they get to stay together etc. It was a little out of the city centre but we got a taxi or tuktuk or something. I am sure I had heard of it before we got to Hanoi but could not find it in my travel guide. It was not particularly vietnamese food I do not think as I wrote that I had seabass and profiteroles but it was very nice and I liked the principles behind it! <BR/><BR/>Of museums the best ones we went to were the Ho Chi Min Masoleum Complex (but go early as big queues and be prepared to do exactly as you are told!) and the womens museum which was really good, lot of explanations in english as I remember and informative. I think even Neal was interested. There was a lot to do with their involvement in the Vietnam war etc.<BR/><BR/>We would particularly recommmend that you go to Halong Bay, although preferable to go and stay on a island and really explore the area for a few days (my brother and sister-in-law did that) we just went for a day trip and even the 3 hour bus ride is well worth it as it is a stunning trip out on the junka (or some word like that for a boat) through the islands. You see villages out on the water etc. We just booked it in Hanoi in one of the travel agencies.<BR/><BR/>I had done an immense amount of research on each country we visited before we went, unfortunately don't know where that is now as could have given you a lot more info with that.<BR/><BR/>Hope that has helped a little though and that you have a brilliant trip. I was the same with the flight to Malawi - it was end of term-itis and I slept pretty much the whole way and could have happily stayed on the plane when we arrived in Malawi just to sleep!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039390797669625550.post-81836646373207181992008-08-31T20:06:00.000+01:002008-08-31T20:06:00.000+01:00How on earth can someone look forward to a 15 hour...How on earth can someone look forward to a 15 hour flight?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, you both have fun in Vietnam!<BR/><BR/>Dirk has created a wee movie about or last weeks munro bag in Glencoe, you can see that on my blog if you like.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12642801966035986262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039390797669625550.post-73211980870504263612008-08-31T09:15:00.000+01:002008-08-31T09:15:00.000+01:00Have a nice time on your hols, Debs. Hope Marco's ...Have a nice time on your hols, Debs. Hope Marco's recovered by then!!Subversive Runnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314881465522292553noreply@blogger.com