Where is Yumi?

23/07/201821/07/2018

Vanilla Halong Villa

Yumi was staying at Vanilla Halong Villa (◕‿◕)♡

We stayed one night at Vanilla Halong Villa on March this year. It was a small hotel but the room was very clean and so comfortable. The balcony was also lovely decorated with beautiful flowers. It was a good choice for a quiet place to sleep. ( ‾́ ◡ ‾́ )

The hotel located in a huge area with many buildings around, but some buildings are still empty, no tenant yet; also the surroundings are still under construction so there aren’t any restaurants nearby. We had to go into town for food and exploring.

Good thing I like about the hotel is we could use tandem bike for free to look around the city. It was lovely and we got so much fun. (〃＾▽＾〃)

22/07/201826/07/2018

One night in Halong City

Yumi is in Halong City (◕‿◕)♡

Actually, we booked a one-night Halong Bay Cruise Tour through internet which we were supposed to wait in Hanoi City for their pick up at 6am the next morning. But when we checked their tour schedule, we noticed that we wouldn’t have chance to look around the Halong City at all, since it was a cruise tour (no city tour included). We were really curious about Halong City, that’s why we decided to go there by ourselves one day before the tour by taking a private taxi with $100 charge from Hanoi City (＃￣0￣)

After looking around the Halong City, we realized what we did was wrong; it was not a good idea to travel this way. We wouldn’t say it was not worth to come, just, Halong City is still developing, not many tourist places yet and we spent another $100 for hotel and food ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡

Considering there isn’t much to do in the surrounding area, we think Hanoi City is a lot more fun and attractive to stay so if you book Halong Bay Cruise Tour, I highly recommend you to stay in Hanoi city and wait for their free pick-up. You can save your time and money too.

21/07/201821/07/2018

Phnom Penh to Hanoi City

Yumi was in Hanoi (◕‿◕)♡

We’ve been dreaming to go to Hanoi City for many many years, and finally we made it this year. (ɔ ˘⌣˘)˘⌣˘ c) There were 3 of us, my mum, my friend and me. We took a flight from Phnom Penh to Hanoi Airport also known as Noi Bai International Airport. The flight took about 1h45mn, and we arrived the Hanoi Airport around 10am.

We were planning to go to Hanoi City so we were looking for a taxi. When we were about to call Grab taxi, there was a Vietnamese guy approaching us and asked if we need a taxi or not. He looked so suspicious but I don’t know why my friend made a deal with him. 〣( ºΔº )〣

The guy started to make a phone call and then showed us the picture of the driver who will come to pick us up at the arrival. A few minutes later, the driver showed up, but it was just a normal car. That guy might have just called to his friend or relative or someone he knows and standing by near the airport, I think. That was the way we went to Hanoi City. ┐( ˘ ､ ˘ )┌

However, I didn’t think this was a good way to do at all so I didn’t recommend you to take a random taxi like us. We were lucky that nothing had happened to us that time. It turned out that the driver was also a nice person. It’s better and safer if you take an airport taxi or just call a Grab taxi right from the airport to Hanoi City.

20/07/201821/07/2018

Boat Tours at Tatai River

Koh Andet Eco Resort is one of the best weekend escapes from a noisy life in the city. The room has such a wonderful view from waterfront balcony where you can lie down doing nothing just to look at the view from your balcony or you can take boat tour to nearby waterfall, coastal mangroves, jungle, and fishing tour which can all be arranged at the resort.

If you take boat trip around October to January, you will have high chance to see 3 in 1 fireflies, which means you can see fireflies in the air, stars in the sky and plankton underwater at same time at night. I went at the end of May, so I didn’t have chance to see due to rainy season. ･ﾟ･(｡>ω<｡)･ﾟ･

19/07/201821/07/2018

Nature swimming pool

We arrived at Koh Andet Eco Resort around 3pm, and the river was a bit murky due to the rain so we didn’t pay much attention to how deep the river was until the next morning.

When I opened the curtain in the morning and looked at the river from my patio, wow that was unbelievable. ∑(O_O;) The water was so shallow which you can even see the bottom of the river.

It was such natural outdoor swimming pool. I felt like the whole rivers is mine.(´♡‿♡`) Well, there’s also an indoor pool (river enclosure) for those who doesn’t want to swim with the fish.(￣▽￣*)ゞ