Vietnamese coffee, Hanoi Coffee life style, Hanoi style.

The information I get under that from the tourist guide mr Ha who is working for Asiatravellines company!

As you know, Vietnam is the second country in the world export coffee just after Brazil. Coffee is planted in the high land center of Vietnam exactly in Lam Dong province, there are two kinds of coffee in Vietnam which are famous once, that are Robusta and Arabica. the percentage of Robusta coffee is plant compose 60% area and 40% is Arabica. Vietnam is home land of coffee and the Vietnamese love to drink coffee at every time in a day.

If you are in Hanoi, waking up from very early in the morning around 5.00 am then walk to the any park in Hanoi or lakes you can see thousand of people are doing excise to warm them up and prepare energy for new day. After that you should come to the coffee street such as Trieu Viet Vuong or Nguyen Huu Huan very near the Hoan Kiem lake - the center of Hanoi and old town. At here, you can see a lot of young people are siting and enjoy coffee on the very low plastic chair, so do you! if you are here just like me come and sit down on the low chair which set in front of the coffee shop, then order a cup of coffee.

The Hanoi people drink coffee by the season, if the whether is cold they drink hot coffee, and if it is hot they drink cold coffee(with ices) and they usually drink coffee with condensed milk and coffee is very strong. So if you come a coffee shop in Hanoi to drink coffee base on the whether on that day you order cold or hot coffee. There are 4 kinds of popular coffee in Hanoi: 

- Condensed milk coffee with ices  -  Brown coffee with ices  - Nâu Đá

- Condensed milk  hot coffee. -  Brown hot coffee  -  Nâu Nóng

- Coffee with ices and sugar.  -  Black coffee with ices  -  Đen Đá

- Hot coffee with sugar.  -  Black coffee  -  Đen Nóng.

Pho Thin - Noodle Soup - The best Pho in Hanoi

 “If you want to enjoy Pho in Hanoi, Come to Pho Thin restaurant - Only Pho with beef”As the suggestion of my tour guide, MR Ha – who is working for asiatravelline company. I found to Lo Duc street, that is long street with many big trees was planted by French. I came there by bus and the bus stop is on the other way of the street. I got off the bus at the bus stop which is in front of the hospital, then walked back to find the No 13 on the billboard. After 10 minutes walking under the sun - lucky day because of the winter season.I walked to the end of the str, but could not see any No13. Then a count back, the fist house on the left is No1 and so on. I saw a house with many motorbikes in front of it - on the vendor. So at the fist time I walked by, I could not walk on the vendor so I had to step down on the street so I did not see the restaurant. Ok, right now I got it. I came in the restaurant.The first thing I saw a cooker with a big pot on the top. Suddenly, a waiter stopped me and say "money" I did not understand. Then she says again, thirty thousand Dong. I say "oh, understand" I show her 50.000d. She refunded me 20.000d. Then she took me to inside and sat on the long wooden char. In 5 minutes a waiter servers me a big bow of Pho with beef I added lemon juice, a litter chili sauce mix them and enjoyed. That is the best Pho I've ever eaten, fantastic and very delicious.Compare with 24 Pho, I prefer Thin Pho than 24 pho. Thin Pho is more delicious and more local, not noisy, clean and more local people come than 24 Pho and cheaper one.

Pho Thin from outside

A bow of Pho Thin

Inside Pho Thin Restaurant

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Catch a Taxi in Hanoi, good experience to catch a taxi in Hanoi

How to catch a Taxi in Hanoi.

The first time you visit Hanoi, everything is strange, you don't know how to go from the hotel to the famous restaurant in Hanoi which you want to try some very tasty food. In that situation, Taxi is the best choice.

But you are newcomer and you don't know which taxi company is good and which one is bad - meaning they are cheating you.

With the 10 years tour guide experience, I will suggest you some way to catch a good taxi, you will have safe trip, and save money.

A.  If you want to catch a taxi from the HN air port (Noi Bai) to the centrer of Hanoi(your hotel).

- When you get out of the lobby, there are a lot of taxi driver invite you use their service. In that situation, do not talk any thing and keep walking to outside of the lobby. If you ask anyone, other people will come and follow you up to you use the service of one of them. If you have hand phone you should buy a Vietnamese Sim Card - at the lobby of the air port there are some shop selling. One sim card is 100.000dong =5$ = call in 40 minutes domestic phone call.

- Outside of the lobby, there are 3 road for the vehicle. the first road use for the politician, the second road use for taxis, and the last road for pick up the tourists.

- You should go the second road and choose the "NOI BAI TAXI" or if you have Vietnamese sim card. Call: Telephone :0438.86.56.15. if you call by international sim card call: Telephone : +84438.86.56.15. This taxi is metter taxi,  the first Km you have to pay 13.000dong/km and from the second you pay 2500dong/200m.

- The distance from HN air port(Noi Bai) to the centrer it mean(Hoan Kiem Lake) is about 35km. So the money you have to pay for the taxi from Noi Bai to the Old quarter is about 350.000Dong = 16USD.

Visa to Vietnam.

If you want to visit Vietnam, visa to Vietnam is required, except for citizens of countries having a bilateral or unilateral visa exemption agreement with Vietnam.

Beside Visa approval code, you can use Visa on arrival to enter into Vietnam.

More detail please have look!

How to get VISA to Vietnam?

If you want to visit Vietnam, visa to Vietnam is required, except for citizens of countries having a bilateral or unilateral visa exemption agreement with Vietnam.

Beside Visa approval code, you can use Visa on arrival to enter into Vietnam.

More information please have look!

How to get VISA TO VIETNAM?

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