Up at 650am, down to breakfast at 720am with bags in hand: not getting caught out again. Nice breakfast of rice, steamed veg, omelette, bacon, toast and coffee. At 745am got a call to say the bus would arrive in five minutes. Finished breakfast and…
Slept in, nice for a change. Up at 840am, showered and down to breakfast at 855am. Met a random Aussie lady from the Gold Coast (60yo) so chatted for a while sharing experiences. Left hotel at 11am and roamed the streets towards Tay Ho, an area…
Day 13 Sat 05 Sep Up early at 545am to get sorted for 615am breakfast, as we need to get to the limo bus station for a 710am departure. Found some oats, added some apple and pear, nice. And the coffee was hot this morning! Met a…
Day 12 Friday 04 Sep Woken at 608am by noisy people outside our room. Richard opened the door and shhhhushed them. I managed to fall back to sleep, waking at 725am. Down to breakfast at 755am. Picked up at 830am for day trip to Silver Waterfalls,…
Day 11 Thursday 3 Sep Awoke at 630am. Down to breakfast at 720am after buying tickets for the trip up Fansipan mountain. Got to Sapa train station, just around the corner from our hotel at 815am, not too busy and didn't wait long for the train.…
Day 10 Wednesday 02 Sep Grouptour Bus 0800-1330 Up early at 6am as our 8am bus was now 715am. At breakfast at 630am. We'd just finished our phoʻ at 650 and Richard was going to head back to the room, looked out the window, saw a bus…
Day 9. Tuesday 1 Sep Up early and down to breakfast at 725am. I spotted another massive spider on an inside window in the restaurant...eww. Our omelettes arrived 5 minutes later. Back to the room at 750am, checked car park and driver just arrived to take us…
Day 8 Monday 31 Aug Awake 725am. Down to breakfast at 745am. Simple breakfast menu of egg dishes, soups or pancakes. We both ordered the Pho Ga. It was a big bowl full. Susan had a coffee. The two drink dispensers had very sweet cordial…
Awake 7am. Finished fb upload by 830ish! This posting on fb takes its toll!! I was so tired last night and it was midnight, I left posting yesterday's activities until this morning. And that still took me an hour today. Also discovered that I'm limited to…
Awake 630am. Down to breakfast at 7am. Picked up by our limo driver, Zan at 8am for our Cao Bang day tour in a Vinfast Limo Green EV. Early rain that cleared by the time we got connected, feels cooler here than Hanoi. Not far…