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A TRAVEL GUIDE FOR HANOI, VIETNAM 🇻🇳

A Travel Guide to Hanoi, Vietnam 🇻🇳 Things to do: * Egg Coffee making class: We booked Hoang’s Egg Coffee Making Class through Tripadvisor/Viator - it was £9, including the class, the egg coffee that you make and they make you spring rolls to eat alongside your coffee! * Thrift stores in Hanoi: The Twenty Seven Klub, Super Nasty Vintage, Chan Con Cong, Cua Hang Bach Hoa Hanh. * Vietnamese women’s museum & other Museums. * Visit cute shops around Hanoi for souvenirs, I specifically liked the ‘Collective Memory Shop’. * Day trips to Sapa/Ha Long Bay/Ninh Binh. * Walk around Hoan Kiem Lake. Coffee: * Hanoi Coffee Station: My favourite branch in Vietnam (they also have coffee shops in Hoi An & Phong Na called Phin Coffee) - their coffee is my absolute favourite, especially their peanut butter coffee and coconut coffee. * Cafe Giang: they offer a huge variety of egg coffee concoctions - I had iced Oreo with egg coffee and it was an amazing dessert! They also do beer egg coffee. * Loading T: cinnamon egg coffee! * The running bean. Food: * Pizza Belga (expensive but the pizzas look amazing) * Banh mi 25 (famous Banh Mi place with some unique flavours) * Little Hanoi vegetarian * La Studio - really good smoothie bowls! * Chay Food - really clean & modern vegetarian restaurant. * Lifted coffee and brunch - good for breakfast & coffee, they also do donuts! * Hanoi Coffee station - so many breakfast (overnight oats) & coffee options. * Banh Mi LongHoi Where to stay? After looking for agesss; we found The Kingdom Hotel Hanoi on Agoda. It was £9 a night for an economy room with no window & it totally did the job. I thought the room was perfect for the price. There was a maid who replenished everything everyday & they provided really good coffee and green tea sachets everyday, which no other hotel in Vietnam did. #hanoi #hànội #nature #vietnambackpackers #vietnam #travel #backpacker #britishbackpacker #coupletravel #coupletravels #travelasia #exploreasia #asiatrip #goodforthesoul #backpacking #backpackingasia #backpackers #wanderlust #travelgram #travelblogger #travelguide #traveltips #travelitinerary
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