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Hanoi, Vietnam
Amazing culture and lively feel in this city, as long as you can figure out how to cross the roads. Just walk out slowly and do not stop until reaching the other side, it's the only way.
Beer Street is great at night for a lively social, meeting people from all over the world is a definite.
Train Street is a great place to grab a coffee whilst a train almost touches you on the way past, must check times tables as sometimes there is only one or two trains per day. Must go through a local coffee shop at the side of the track, can't enter at the ends as blocked off with a guard.
Water Puppet Show and Note Cafe amongst many other cool things to look at in Hanoi
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Ha Giang, Vietnam
Afternoon bus to Ha Giang around 6 hours. Can stay in hostel over night before starting 3 night, 4 day Ha Giang Loop tour. Will hands down be one of the best things you have ever done in your life!
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Sa Pa, Vietnam
Afternoon bus to Sapa after completing the Ha Giang loop, rest day definitely needed after the loop.
Then an overnight trek through the rice paddy fields keep an eye out for the buffalo's rolling in the mud, then stay in a local homestay overnight with the family.
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Ninh Bình, Vietnam
Stay in Tam Coc, 10 minute drive from Ninh Binh.
Rent bicycle and cycle through all the nice rice paddy fields and along the local canals and rivers to see all the amazing scenery.
Hang Mua Viewpoint.
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Hanoi, Vietnam
Back to Hanoi for an night or two, do some shopping in the cheap street markets, have some drinks and eat some good local food as well as some amazing vietnamese coffee which can be found all over the city in different forms.