Travelogues Hà Nội

Night sky over Hanoi

Nguyễn Trãi (Vietnamese Confucian scholar - 1380-1442) says: “Always adjust the speed of your scooter to the font size of your phone!” July 22nd: When we first traveled with...

19.-20.07. Hanoi Madness - it's not for the faint-hearted Since Milo, Lena's best friend from school, called us in May and scrambled our vacation plans, our usually organized...

The posters of the comrades often shape the cityscape in Hanoi

HCM - Ho Chi Minh City Everywhere. Ubiquitous. Guardian. Energy giver. Pride-maker. Father of an entire nation, beloved and revered president, wise politician, charismatic man....

Hello dear ones,A few days have passed since I was in Ninh Binh over the weekend. In the meantime, I have already started and finished my volunteer project because...

Lovely Hanoi, I was so excited to see you. You have changed since 2023. At first, it was difficult for me, I was completely confused, felt nothing, you didn't blow me away, no...

The week in Hanoi flew by, although it didn't seem like it at first. Anja (vakantio.de/oneway2025/lovely-hanoi) has aptly described it: Hanoi has changed significantly in the two...

Welcome to Hanoi everyone! It's incredible what you can experience in just 2 days that I'm already writing my first post! The journey here was exciting, as we had to make...

Hanoi, first day

I find calm in the most hectic place I have ever visited. Not completely, no - in my head, it still looks like the street: Thoughts about people and plans rush by, stumbling...

The 'Hanoi Hilton' was a torture prison of the French from the end of the 19th century, where prisoners were held under horrific conditions. Later, it was also used by the...

"One must always be ready to set off," says Kato in the novel I am currently reading."Even when you have just arrived?" "Especially then" Phew. I prefer to define myself as not...

From Sapa, we took an overnight sleeper bus to Hanoi - quite a mixed experience. There was really good space to lie down in the compartments with curtains, but one would think...

To this day, the guerrilla and revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh is revered in Vietnam. Thousands line up daily to see his embalmed body.

The first steps in Hanoi

Slowly, a certain state of exhaustion sets in. We are weary of the noise of the cramped space and especially of the many tourists. Nevertheless, we set off to the

Today we will visit the Temple of Literature. The guide simplifies it greatly by calling it a university. However, it was actually a plac

Hanoi Westlake

Day 100 Ninh Binh In this hostel, we had a free breakfast, which for me meant a baguette with margarine and a banana. After that, we each took one of the also free bicycles and...

The first full day in Hanoi was spent wandering around the city. There’s a lot to see, and even though bicycles from earlier times have now been replaced by scooters and cars,...

In a thousand years, the capital of Vietnam has grown from a small fortress into a Ten-Million-Moloch. Hanoi is incredibly vibrant, and it can be both exciting and exhausting....

Wonderful Westlake. We settled in a studio by Westlake in Hanoi. What initially seemed quite anonymous quickly turned out to be a beautiful area of Hanoi that we have enjoyed...

Today is my 70th birthday 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 The day started with a birthday song from my husband, and again at the breakfast table where Gurli and Jarl were ready with birthday flags...

Today everything will be different. I found a place free of mopeds near the hotel. Six kilometers northeast lies the so-called Banana Island. The name tells it all, there are...

Ho Jail

This morning at 06:55, Ursula and I finally landed in Hanoi. After a long night on the plane, we were excited to explore the city – but first: immigration control. We stood in...

more is more – shops overflow with goods, motorcycles carry half a move, and on a scooter, we spotted five people – the driver was calmly on the phone. Traffic safety, Vietnamese...

I took a bus from the airport to the capital of Vietnam. Around 8 PM, I reached the bustling Old Town and made my way through the streets filled with motorbikes, street kitchens,...