My first day in Vietnam, What to do and see in Hanoi
Holaaaaa! I'm feeling great for being home after one week living abroad. And I want to share to you about my experience from last trip to Vietnam. During my trip, I visit three city ; Hanoi, Halong Bay and Ho Chi Minh. Let me start from Hanoi :)
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Morning flight from KL |
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Chao from hanoi! |
I got early morning flight from Kuala Lumpur to hanoi, need 3 hours flight to reach Hanoi from Kuala Lumpur. I had 3 hours slept on the plane and that's so great to recharged my body. Hanoi is the state capital of Vietnam and also the second big city. Tapi menurut aku Hanoi ini kotanya tidak se modern Ho chi Minh yang sangat metropolitan. Hanoi lebih seperti kota yang merupakan pusat pemerintahan, dan juga sebagai tempat untuk transit for tourist and traveler yang ingin mengunjungi Halong Bay atau Sa Pa.I only stay one night in Hanoi, karna menurut aku one day enough for sightseeing Hanoi, especially daerah Old Quarter,


For me, the best way to explore new city is by walking. But I don't ask you to walking around city of Hanoi, you will die id did it hahaha. I mean if you want to see more about new place you never been before, you better walk. When you walk, you can meet local people, being closer with them, see how they live and that's really interesting for me. I love strolling around new place, In Hanoi I did it around Old Quarter. Di Hanoi, Old Quarter ini adalah daerah yang paling 'famous', karna disini tempat berkumpulnya tourist, dan juga 'tourist attraction'. So Old Quarter adalah area yang paling rame, you can find bars, restaurant, shopping place, market, hotel, hostel and guest house around this area.
During my walking tour around old quarter, I found many good place for stop and taking picture, here the list what you should do ;
1.Walking around Old Quarter
Old Quarter adalah daerah yang wajib dikunjungi saat di Hanoi. For sightseeing around this area kamu bisa jalan kaki, pakai becak ala vietnam (tapi hati-hati pastikan betuk berapa harganya) dan juga bisa naik kerta listrik yang parkir di dekat Hoa Kiem Lake (but I don't knoe the price). If you walk like me, just be carefull. Only in hanoi you can meet and see the CRAZY motorbike rider! Please jangan sampai meleng, main handphone, talking with friends, just FOCUS dengan jalan di depan dan perhatikan arah datangnya sepeda motor. Karna Vietnam, terutama hanoi terkenal banget dengan kota 'thousand of motorbike'.Gak ngerti sepeda motor datang dari segala penjuru seperti arus air yang gak berhenti-berhenti, Yeeah welcome to Vietnam!
2.Visiting Hoa Kiem Lake
Hoa Kiem lake ini danau yang berada di tengah kota hanoi dan juga merupakan danau kebanggan warga local. Selain indah dan bersih, danau ini juga ditata seindah mungkin sehingga tourist pun nyaman buat bersantai disini. Di Hoa Kiem lake ini banyak warga local dan tourist yang piknik, olahraga ataupun hanya duduk-duduk sambil wifii an (seperti aku) karna wifiinya keceng banget gak pakai buffering.
I love how Hanoi's make the garden around this lake. Mungkin karna cuaca di hanoi ini dingin, jadi bunga-bunga pun tumbuh dengan indah disini.Of course I love taking picture around this lake!
3.Photo Stop at Touristy Place
In Hanoi, I stop for take picture at St.Joseph Cathedral, Hanoi Post Office, water puppet show and also along the way near cathedral. It's good to taking picture and see local people enjoyed their afternoon time.
4. Coffeing at Roof Top bar and enjoy the sunset
Yeah don't miss to taste Vietnam coffee from where it come from and enjoy the sunset view. You can find many coffee shop and restaurant along the Hoa Kiem lake. I prefer rooftop bar, adi bisa nikmatin sunset view dn hao kiem lake dari ketinggian, and that's so beautiful.
5. Shopping at Night Market
I don't have enough time to visit the famous Dong Xuan market, padahal lokasinya sangat dekat dengan hotel tempat saya meninap. tapi waktu malam arah pulang dari Hoa Kiem Lake menuju hotel I saw night market near Dong Xuan! wow happy. The market open at 8 pm-12pm. On the night market they sell woman clothes, man clothes, kid clothes, bag, shoes, accecories and t-shirt. I can say the product in here are good quality, good price, and fashionable, seneng banget ketemu pasar malam ini hahaha. Apalagi baju anak-anaknya murah, bahan bagus, beli banyak dapat diskon lagi, such a heaven for a mother :D. I bought t-shirt for my son with price VND 40,000 per pieces, bayangkan kalau di rupiahkan hanya Rp 25,0000 saja, kalau di babyshop di Indoenesia hargannya sudah 75.000 ah bahagianya! I also bought bomber jacket with price only VND 120,000. Recommended to visit..
6. 2 days 1 night tour to Halong Bay or Sa Pa. More details on next post!
And here more picture about Hanoi :)
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way near hoa kiem lake |
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fall in love with sky color |
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coffeeing :) |
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Old quarter at night |
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meaning : happy new ywar 2017, maybe ;D |
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water puppet show, must watch but I don't have many time |
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one of flower garden near Hoa Kiem Lake |
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just stroll and taking pic with city view |
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Beautiful garden, is it? Feel not like in Vietnam |
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No Motorbike, no Hanoi |
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Hoa Kiem Lake from other side |
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Old Quarter area
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greeny path along the lake | |
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