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Street food in Old quarter of Hanoi

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Shopping in the old quarter of Hanoi Hanoi tour   is the best choice to discovering reality ancient Hanoi Old Quarter while tasting amazing authentic Hanoi street food. Leave your breakfast at your hotel if you take the morning half day street food tour. The Old Quarter Hanoi street food tour take you wandering to some typical places, market to get overview Vietnamese food, talking with artisan foodstuffs, street food vendors, stall holders and tasty amazing local food and drink. The tour is great way to see the parts of Hanoi that major tourists don’t get to see, taste awesome Hanoi street food . Ancient Hanoi will be alive for your enjoyment immensely. Bia hoi shop Hanoi Hanoi Beer Yogurt with black sticky rice HUONG VIET TRAVEL – MEMBER OF PATA, ASTA, IATA Add: 20 Nguyen Truong To Str, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel : (84-4) 37162149    Fax: (84-4) 37161738 E–mail address: sales@huongviettravel.com Website: www.huongviettravel.co...

Getting a Late Night Meal in Hanoi, Vietnam

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As an undergraduate student I was fortunate enough to study abroad in Australia for two semesters.  While there, I embarked on the traditional backpacker’s tour, jumping from hostel to hostel across the country.  Backpacking in Australia is what I imagine being in a traveling rodeo is like; you run into the same people over and over, stay at the same hostels and hotels, you even visit the same tourist destinations.  The number of backpackers and students planning trips to the Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island, Byron Bay, and Sydney at any given time is surely mind-boggling. While down under, I had the opportunity to travel to Hanoi, the capitol of Vietnam, an opportunity I certainly wasn’t going to pass up.  After a layover in Taiwan, my group and I landed in Hanoi late one spring afternoon.  By the time we went through customs, gathered our bags, exchanged currencies, and hailed cabs, it was soon approaching 10 p.m.  As it was a few wee...

How to Plan an Extended Trip in Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia has long been a major stopping point for backpackers around the world.  Exotic destinations, beautiful beaches and mountains, bustling cities, fantastic food, friendly people, a well trodden tourist trail, and super cheap prices all contribute to one of the top regions in the world for traveling. From the smiling faces and pristine beaches in Thailand, to the incredible, fresh food in Vietnam, to one of the most impressive sites in the world in Cambodia, to the sleepy, still undiscovered lands of Laos, Southeast Asia is ripe for the picking if you love to travel. What to expect Expect stunning scenery, historical site after historical site, fantastic food that is as cheap, fresh, and as good as you’ll find anywhere in the world, and ease of travel. Sure, you may not always be comfortable (hello, minibuses in Laos), but what you give up in comfort you get back in the wallet.  One of the most surprising things about travel in SE Asia was...