Maison Centrale
11:00 AM on Sunday 08 December 2024
We next visited Maison Centrale or better known as Hanoi Hilton which is a prison that the French built. There is a lot of history here and the audio guides were wonderful. We had a good time listening to the history and it was an interesting one as the perspective is from the locals.
Dong Xuan Market
08:55 AM on Sunday 08 December 2024
Pauline loves markets of all sorts so we visited the Dong Xuan Market.
Singapore ice cream at Hanoi
05:28 PM on Friday 06 December 2024
We saw Singapore ice cream at Hanoi which is basically the local ice cream sandwich with waffle or bread that every kid has had outside their primary school :-)
Ti Top Island
08:13 AM on Friday 06 December 2024
In the morning we visited Ti Top Island which is named after a Soviet Cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov. A beautiful island but we were not adventurous enough so we had a nice relaxing walk.
Ha Long Bay in the morning
05:58 AM on Friday 06 December 2024
The next morning, we work up early to have a look. I think the morning shots were the best.
Ha Long Bay at night
05:59 PM on Thursday 05 December 2024
We stayed one night on the boat. The view at night is quite different. Pauline had some fun making a spring roll. Dinner was not quite good unfortunately.
Ha Long Bay
11:55 AM on Thursday 05 December 2024
The next day was spend in Ha Long Bay. It was beautiful but I guess ready touristy too.
St Joseph's Cathedral
08:02 PM on Wednesday 04 December 2024
In the evening, we went to take a photo of the St Joseph's Cathedral.
Mua Caves
03:41 PM on Wednesday 04 December 2024
The next stop was thee Mua Caves which we had climb up a mountain to go to. We chickened out and spend the time at the foot of the mountain looking at lotuses.
Trang An
01:32 PM on Wednesday 04 December 2024
Next stop after Hoa Lu is Trang An which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Wee took a small sampan and toured around the place. I must admit that the place is really beautiful.