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The Ha Giang Loop, Vietnam🇻🇳🏍️
📍The Ha Giang Loop, Vietnam
The Ha Giang loop is a route around the North of Vietnam, on the border of China - best explored on the back of a motorbike!
The past 3 days have been some of the best days of my life. I have never ever experienced views like it - there are the most gigantic mountains, insane rivers and valleys & scenery that just leaves your mind absolutely blown.
We got to stay in homestays in the middle of mountains & drink ‘happy water’ (a rice wine shot) with our amazing Vietnamese drivers.
If you’re planning to go to Vietnam, please don’t miss out the Ha Giang Loop!! However, be prepared for the sorest bum of your life :)
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SHOULD YOU VISIT HANOI, VIETNAM?🇻🇳
📍Hanoi, Vietnam
Our last stop in Vietnam - Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city. This city is crazy. With over 5 million motorbikes on the streets, there isn’t much rest or tranquility to be had in Hanoi. But it is so exciting. Everywhere you look there is something happening. The streets are like a maze with centuries-old architecture and rich culture. There are endless coffee shops offering the most beautiful coffee (in my opinion, the best you’ll ever find) and amazing restaurants and stalls.
We spent 4 nights in Hanoi, after our Ha Giang Loop trip, and mainly spent our days wondering the streets and doing an egg coffee making class. But there are an incredible amount of things to do and see in Hanoi.
Vietnam as a whole has been such an enlightening trip. Although Thailand did feel like a culture shock, Vietnam was a huge step up. Everything here seems so different to western society; the way of life, customs and etiquette, food, drink and especially the driving😂 Although it takes some getting used to, and sometimes can be frustrating, I am so lucky to have been able to immerse myself into such an interesting culture. Vietnam will always be a part of me now & I love it!
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A TRAVEL GUIDE FOR HANOI, VIETNAM 🇻🇳
A Travel Guide to Hanoi, Vietnam 🇻🇳
Things to do:
* Egg Coffee making class: We booked Hoang’s Egg Coffee Making Class through Tripadvisor/Viator - it was £9, including the class, the egg coffee that you make and they make you spring rolls to eat alongside your coffee!
* Thrift stores in Hanoi: The Twenty Seven Klub, Super Nasty Vintage, Chan Con Cong, Cua Hang Bach Hoa Hanh.
* Vietnamese women’s museum & other Museums.
* Visit cute shops around Hanoi for souvenirs, I specifically liked the ‘Collective Memory Shop’.
* Day trips to Sapa/Ha Long Bay/Ninh Binh.
* Walk around Hoan Kiem Lake.
Coffee:
* Hanoi Coffee Station: My favourite branch in Vietnam (they also have coffee shops in Hoi An & Phong Na called Phin Coffee) - their coffee is my absolute favourite, especially their peanut butter coffee and coconut coffee.
* Cafe Giang: they offer a huge variety of egg coffee concoctions - I had iced Oreo with egg coffee and it was an amazing dessert! They also do beer egg coffee.
* Loading T: cinnamon egg coffee!
* The running bean.
Food:
* Pizza Belga (expensive but the pizzas look amazing)
* Banh mi 25 (famous Banh Mi place with some unique flavours)
* Little Hanoi vegetarian
* La Studio - really good smoothie bowls!
* Chay Food - really clean & modern vegetarian restaurant.
* Lifted coffee and brunch - good for breakfast & coffee, they also do donuts!
* Hanoi Coffee station - so many breakfast (overnight oats) & coffee options.
* Banh Mi LongHoi
Where to stay?
After looking for agesss; we found The Kingdom Hotel Hanoi on Agoda. It was £9 a night for an economy room with no window & it totally did the job. I thought the room was perfect for the price. There was a maid who replenished everything everyday & they provided really good coffee and green tea sachets everyday, which no other hotel in Vietnam did.
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Ba Na Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam 🇻🇳
📍Da Nang (+ Ba Na Hills), Vietnam
In contrast to Hoi An, Da Nang is full of hundreds of sky scrapers and modern buildings that line the sea front.
Particularly, I liked the modern restaurants, cafes and bars that Da Nang had to offer. Although it is nice to live the cultural, local life whilst travelling, it is also nice to be a tourist & go to places that are totally made for tourists, i.e. an Irish Pub that we went to, called ‘The Shamrock’😂.
The highlight of Da Nang was our trip to Ba Na Hills / Sun world. Although tickets are expensive on a backpacker’s budget, it was something that I really wanted to do. The cable car up to the hills is the most scenic, breathtaking view I’ve ever seen. There are so many Instagramable places, which me and Ellie like taking pictures of, but not pictures with (we always seem to rock up with no makeup and messy hair😂).
I’m sure there’s lots of Da Nang to see!
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A TRAVEL GUIDE FOR THE HA GIANG LOOP🇻🇳
A Travel guide for the Ha Giang Loop, Vietnam!🇻🇳
A few tips/things to make you aware of, to make your Ha Giang Loop trip easier:
(this is specifically with Jasmine tours)
- You leave your big backpacks in luggage storage at Jasmine Hostel in Ha Giang & take a small backpack with you for the entire trip (the small backpack is put in a plastic bag & strapped to the motorbike, travelling with you).
- The home stays that you stay in around the Ha Giang Loop give you towels - so no need to pack a towel to take with you.
- The only real expense, if you’re backpacking on a budget, is drinks. You’ll have to pay for any kind of drink; water, coffee, beer, etc.
- We went during 30 degree weather, but at some points, it did still feel cold when driving - pack long trousers if you can (leggings are perfect) and also shorts. Definitely a rain coat. Closed toe shoes (trainers) are probably best - although most of the drivers are wearing sliders lol.
- For helmets and padding, you leave a 200k deposit for a helmet & 200k deposit for padding (padding is your choice, but I highly recommend padding).
- Pain killers are a good idea (your whole body achesss by day 3).
- Tipping your drivers is usually between 300k - 500k (totally depending on your experience with your driver).
- There aren’t many atms on the road or near Jasmine hostel, so make sure you bring enough money with you.
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