Tag: vietnam

  • Day 5: Hanoi to Luang Prabang by bus (30hr journey)

    Day 5: Hanoi to Luang Prabang by bus (30hr journey)

    It was around 5:30pm that one of the bus agent came to our hotel and asked us to get into a mini bus to get us to the main Bus terminal. We knew that we would have a long journey by road ahead of us. We had packed our bags and were ready with some […]

  • Day 2: A trip to the Perfume Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam

    Day 2: A trip to the Perfume Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam

    I woke up tired at around 6:30am. Twice, I woke up in the night to take medicines for fever. Thankfully, I was feeling quite ok when I woke up. Today, we were to go for a day trip from Hanoi through a package tour that we had booked at the hotel yesterday for 30$ per […]

  • Day 1: Flying into Hanoi, Vietnam

    Day 1: Flying into Hanoi, Vietnam

    I woke up at 2:45am in the morning when the pilot announced our descent over the intercom. We were now nearing Bangkok. Joining me in this trip too, is Sujith, my batchmate in TAPMI, Manipal. This is the third international trip that he is joining me after Philippines and Myanmar. At 3:20am, we landed in […]