We had met a young German woman at our hotel in Ninh Binh and she was also going to Dong Hoi and so she and a young Brit shared a cab with us to Red Pepper Hotel. Our room is quite sparse and it is a shared bathroom but we have a front row view…
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Ninh Binh
The 2 hour train ride to Ninh Binh was very close to torture. A loudspeaker that was broken, of course, mumbled on and on very loudly. Then “Rail TV” came on and it was a comedy act and they ended up screaming and yelling. It was hot in there and not exactly comfortable. Then we…
Ha Long Bay
Another 3 hour bus ride to board our small cruise ship for a tour of Ha Long Bay. Our ship is a little aged but perfectly suitable with nice little staterooms and a great sun deck. The capacity is about 20 and we are full. We were served a delightful seafood lunch with prawns and…
Hanoi, Part 2
We had Dong (our home stay hostess) book us a tour to the Perfume Pagoda. We took a 90 minute bus ride and an hour boat ride to get there. You can walk up to the pagoda or you can ride the cable car. We had heard the walk is brutal so we opted for…
Viet Nam
Hanoi The flight from Cochi to Kuala Lampur was horrible. First off, between walking into the airport and getting on the plane, we had to show our passport and boarding pass a minimum of 6 times; it might have been 7, we lost count! Then there was so much turbulence and it lasted for so…
Mumbai
We had to leave for the airport at 4:30am for our flight to Mumbai. Yuck! I was fascinated to learn that Bombay (Bombay and Mumbai are used interchangeably) was originally 7 different islands that they connected with stones and dirt. That is why you sometimes hear it referred to as the Island City. Mumbai is…
Udaipur
These posts are coming fast and furious. Good WiFi and a bit of downtime allows us to catch up a bit. Sorry for the on slot. On the mountainous drive to Udaipur, we stopped at a Jain Temple. Now these people take things to the extreme. They will not wear hard shoes because they may…
Ranthambore
We arrived in Rathambore at about 5pm. They had Mango drinks waiting for us while we got checked in. Every 2 rooms are a little cottage all their own; this is a very cute place. The staff is very attentive and polite. I tell you what….American hotel customer service can take a lesson from these…
Jodphur
Jodhpur looks pretty much like every other Indian city. There are really nice places next door to slums and filth. Our hotel was closer to shops and restaurants than the last couple so we went out to local restaurants rather than eat at the hotel. For lunch we got a Thali, which is kind of…
Jaipur
On our trip to Jaipur, we stopped at the Chand Baori step well. You may recall that we visited a step well in Delhi. This could not have been more different. The one in Delhi was cool but this was astounding. This was in a little village in Rajastan called Abhaneri. The first 10 days…
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