Travel to Vietnam

Take a trip to Vietnam with Southeast Travels. A two week trip will allow you time to visit several interesting cities and the surrounding areas. Start your trip in Hanoi.

Visitors arriving in Hanoi have noted its charming small-scale airport, set in the Vietnam countryside. On your drive from the airport to the city you may see people walking or biking alongside the road carrying sticks and reeds or herding cows. In the fields you may notice oxen plowing.

Visitors to Hanoi have pointed out the city's small town feel. Hanoi is less like an urban city and more like a rural village. Most people get around by bicycle or motorcycle rather than by car.

Recent travelers to Hanoi recommend allowing yourself time to adjust to the way traffic flows. It may be difficult at first to get the hang of crossing the street, but you should "just walk across traffic at a constant pace so that the bicycles can anticipate where you are going" and "pedestrians need to rely on the bicycles to swerve rather than swerve themselves."

There are several quaint neighborhoods in Hanoi where you can find reasonably priced guesthouses and hotels to stay in.

One such neighborhood is the backpackers district where many young people live and where a visitor can find Internet cafes and vendors selling postcards, t-shirts, and souvenirs.

After settling in, you may want to vist the sights of Hanoi.

There are many religious sites to visit as well as historical monuments. Several museums in Hanoi are worth a visit. The War Museum houses elaborate dioramas of battles utilizing stage lighting and video equipment to recreate the scene. There are also diplays that highlight the human element of war such as mothers who lost their sons in war. Another museum a visitor to Vietnam should make a point to visit is the Ho Chi Minh Museum. This museum represents the country's fascination with the leader Ho Chi Minh.

From Hanoi, you can take a day trip to the Perfume Pagoda. Travel by boat along a river...

...and then hike throught the countryside to see the pagoda which is constructed in a cave filled with stalactites and stalagmites.

On the tour, you can visit a holy Buddhist shrine.

After Hanoi, you may choose to visit the city of Hue. (click on the link to go to page 2)

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