Review on the trip to Vietnam 2017 Hanoi City, Local Vietnamese Scams
Channel: Fritids Tur
Date: 17/06/2017

Hanoi did not unambiguously impress us. This is a kind of island of communism ... In our homeland - Ukraine, communism ended 25 years ago ...
It was very interesting to visit the country, which still has red flags with the stars ... Hanoi is far from a resort! There is not enough clean air, in the center of the city there is an endless bazaar trade, the narrow streets, the houses without yards are tightly packed together. The city is very noisy because of the huge number of motorcycles. The local residents can loudly shout, sing songs in the dead of night! Living here is not very comfortable. The Vietnamese are not aggressive, but too active, which annoys. They are at work, and we are on vacation.
In Vietnam, there is some kind of ubiquitous construction day by day and until the late night - this creates discomfort.
I want to say about the security. Before departure, we read articles on Russian sites and were horrified. They write about Vietnamese city gangs!  That they steal everything, that the cameras are snatched right next to hotels, etc.
It's a lie! We didn’t have any problems during our 21 days vacation.

There are of course local little machinations:
1) We called a taxi to the amusement park. The taxi driver brings us to the small stand located halfway to the ticket office. Tickets are the same as in the ticket office, but you have to pay in cash, a credit card is not allowed! This is supposedly for the comfort of tourists, so we do not stand in line ...
2) There were problems with exchange of $. Not every bank is changing money without a passport. A passport takes the hotel for the entire stay. We changed the dollars at the jewelry store, at the tour agency, at the reception at a slightly reduced rate. The airport has a good rate. We regretted that we did not change a decent amount at arrival.

We paid dollars for Vietnam hotels.
Here is the advantages of the Centre Point Hotel 
1) Convenient location, in the center of Hanoi, not far from the lake of the sword
2) A delicious, varied breakfast is served on the veranda with the lake-view
3) Good view from the room
4) Polite staff
Disadvantages of the hotel
1) The room was very small and without a balcony.
In Vietnam, the most of hotel rooms don’t have a balcony, although when booking a room the balcony in the description is present.

We have stayed in Hanoi for 4 days. 
One day spent on an excursion to Halong Bay. 
We recommend to watch the videos about Hanoi, Vietnam on the Fritids Tur channel:
Ha Long Bay https://youtu.be/EsFKPZgtO6Q
Caves Ha Long Bay https://youtu.be/GyOfh2C6O1I
For the remaining 3 days visited such attractions of Hanoi;
Bach Thao Park Ha Noi Botanical Garden https://youtu.be/3H0pQclgoyY
Ho Chi Mihn Mausoleum https://youtu.be/4vVGmJ_VE54 
Hoa Lo Prison https://youtu.be/NQW8CBIGD4w
Imperial Citadel https://youtu.be/J4UJKoctchw
Hoan Kiem Lake Temple https://youtu.be/etjLzJVdNXI
Temple of Literature https://youtu.be/qHgOPpwU01I
Stone Sculptures for home and garden https://youtu.be/jk3cZKkdC1g
Ha Noi History Musueum 
House on stilts Ho Chi Minh
One Pillar Pagoda
Ngoc Son Temple
Presidential Palace (garden only)
Vietnamese Army Museum
Turtle Tower (Tháp Rùa) in the center of the lake

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