Hanoi is the capital city of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - a city of shaded boulevards and parks, fading French colonial buildings, smell of fresh baguettes and pleasant views. It has an old-world charm of a provincial French town of the 1930s. But economic development has ushered in high-rise buildings, traffic, shops and restaurants. Foreign investors are putting up big hotels, shopping complexes and telecommunication infrastructure. A short drive eastwards to Halong Bay brings us to a loveliness that is sheer breath-taking. Cruise on the Bay with lunch on board.
With a population of 5.5 million this 300-year-old metropolis nostalgically called Saigon but officially now Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam. Despite the high-rise buildings, swanky hotels, chic cafes and boutiques in wide tree-shaded boulevards this city is still a developing city choked with Honda Dream motorbikes but displaying its ancient culture with monks chanting in temples, incense wafting aloft, acupuncturists in the alleys relieving arthritic pains and the struggle to make life better bustles everywhere. HCMC holds a great fascination for many visitors amazed with its truer-than-life hopes and goals. Its ancient facade and modern face exist in harmony in today's HCMC.
Ho Chi Minh City is the largest Vietnamese city and vibrant "southern capital" of the nation, throbbing with life and commercial activity. West of the city is Cholon, HCMC's Chinatown. It has many exciting things of Vietnamese life to show the curious visitors. Not far south of this 300-year-old city is the wide expanse of the Mekong Delta with its lush vegetation and fruit orchards, an intricate maze of canals teeming with life and activity. Outside of HCMC is a bewildering maze of underground tunnels used by the Vietcong freedom-fighters in the American War.
In central Vietnam the imperial house of the Nguyen dynasty in Hue flourished and declined from 1802 to 1945 and the country's arts, architecture and culture attained great heights. The tombs of the emperors are magnificent structures standing instead as evidence of immortality. Before its imperial heyday its great trading port at Hoi An was the site of an ancient race of Chams and transoceanic trade. These two towns are still beautiful places today with a peace and tranquil charm to match their historical past.
Ho Chi Minh City is the largest Vietnamese city and vibrant "southern capital" of the nation, throbbing with life and commercial activity. It has many exciting things of Vietnamese life to show the curious visitors. Just outside the city are the Cu Chi Tunnels - an underground maze dug by the Vietcong in their struggle against the American occupation. Not far south of this 300-year-old city is the wide expanse of the Mekong Delta with its lush vegetation and fruit orchards. Exploring the delta region gives another fascinating aspect of Vietnam and southern Vietnamese life centring on agriculture and religious worship.
This northern oddessey takes us into the wild northwest corner of the country where it is mountainous and has great scenery. The Yunnan border is not far from Sapa in Lao Cai province recently opened to tourists. Hill tribe villages are scattered around. The road from Lao Cai-Hekou leads to Kunming. On the opposite side, to the northeast, is lovely Halong Bay, one of the most beautiful sights of Vietnam; and Haiphong, the largest seaport of Vietnam.
This tour focuses on the south of Vietnam including the green swathe of the Mekong Delta, exploring the numerous canals and farming activities of the delta agriculturists as well as a thorough discovery of the eclectic city of Ho Chi Minh City. We cover the hill resort of Dalat for a mountain experience like the French colonials did, and to unwind on the beautiful beach of Nha Trang before heading home.
The Red River Delta in northern Vietnam is home to many ethnic groups in the valleys and to hill tribes in the mountainous region of the wild northwest. This is a tour focusing on culture and handicraft of the diverse ethnic communities as we traverse striking terrain and human habitation. Hanoi is thoroughly covered in our sightseeing and discovering the many vignettes of life in this capital city.
This is a fascinating journey from Ho Chi Minh City in the south to Hanoi in the north, taking in the best places in central Vietnam for sightseeing and experiencing the lifestyle of the people in the different regions of the land, engaging in various activities like cycling, trekking and boating in the Mekong Delta to the imperial seat of Vietnam and old-world charm of the capital city Hanoi.
This is a fascinating journey from Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south, taking in the best places in central Vietnam for sightseeing and experiencing the lifestyle of the people in the different regions of the land, engaging in various activities like cyclo riding, trekking and boating in the Mekong Delta on an extended basis. A trip to the most beautiful beach of Nha Trang is made to contrast with the drive to the highland city of Dalat before ending in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta.
This is a fascinating journey from Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south, taking in the best places in central Vietnam for sightseeing and experiencing the lifestyle of the people in the different regions of the land, engaging in various activities like cyclo riding, trekking and boating in the Mekong Delta.
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