Reached Hanoi Airport, we took a car to hotel about 45 minutes. Along the journey, we crossed Red river and houses in Hanoi.
Red River
Turtle Tower and Ngoc Son Temple at Hanoi City
After checked-in hotel, we went to have our dinner, along the way there is a very beautiful lake (Ho Hoan Kiem) where Turtle Tower and Ngoc Son Temple are located. Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre is also just besides this lake.
Turtle Tower at Ho Hoan Kiem (Lake of Restored Sword)
Ngoc Son Temple
Halong Bay Cruise with visiting Thien Cung Cave (One Day Tour)
An Open bus pick up at hotel to join with other tourists. Around 8.45am, depart to Ha Long City. Enjoy interesting 4 hours drive to Ha Long City with one stop at Ruby Emperor shop which sell a lot of souvenirs.
After 4 hours drive, arrive at Halong Bay harbor around 1pm. This is the beginning of visiting the natural wonder of the world (Halong Bay).
The cruise trip take about 4 hours with lunch inside the cruise. The cruise travel through the emerald waters between the lime stone outcrops and long corridor. We visit a fishing village and Kayaking. It is a very nice place and really relaxing.
After that, we visit Thien Cung Cave or Sungsot cave around 3pm. Thien Cung is one of the most famous and beautiful grottoes in Ha Long Bay. It is about 20m above the sea level, covering an area of 3000 square meters. Thien Cung grotto has been formed for 700,000 to 11,000 years, which contains richly ornamented stalactites and stalagmites. The name of Thien Cung grotto means "Heaven Palace" which comes from its structure and beauty.
After this, we back to Halong City where open bus wait for travel back to Hanoi City. We reached around 8.30pm at Hotel.
Hanoi City Tour
Bus pick up at Hotel with other tourists at 8am. We went to Ho Chi Minnh Mausoleum and Museum. The Museum was closed on Friday and we are not able to enter.
We are also visit the house where president Ho Chi Minh lived and worked from 1954 to 1958.
Bedroom
Dining place
Working place
Garage of Ho Chi Minh's used cars. All the cars are given by Russia to him.
We also visit the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho's final resting place. House on stilts.
Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is One Pillar Pagoda. It is founded by King Ly Thai Toin 1049, the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.
We have out lunch and continue to visit Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam, Vietnam's first university constructed in 1070, its gardens and well-preserved architectural offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam's past.
This will be followed by Quan Thanh Temple (Taoist,dating from the Ly Dynasty) and Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on West Lake (One of the oldest in Vietnam).
Next, we went to visit Bat Trang pottery village.
This is the end of City tour trip in Hanoi and tomorrow morning back to Singapore.
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