Hanoi Vietnam Travel VLOG 2023 | sightseeing, cafe hopping, jazz clubs

Hanoi Vietnam Travel VLOG 2023
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This week we travel to Hanoi, Vietnam for the first time.
I checked into Concon House, a new boutique hotel in the heart of Hanoi's old quarter. It was quiet, clean, peaceful and everything you could need for a relaxing stay in such a busy area.

On my first day in Hanoi I decided to have Banh Mi for breakfast at a nearby stall followed by two cups of Vietnamese coffee at C.O.C. coffee legacy. It was a perfect way to start my morning. The banh mi was stuffed with a heaping amount of greens and a generous serving of chicken sandwiched in between a perfectly toasted slice of bread. Egg coffee surprisingly didn't taste like what I expected it to. It wasn't sweet or salty, instead, it added a perfect balance to the strong flavor profile of the coffee. Personally, the coffee with milk was my favorite as someone with a sweet tooth.

After breakfast and coffee I set off to take photos of Mural Street. It wasn't too far as everything in the old quarter is walkable but boy did I sweat going there. Humidity in Hanoi is no joke and before long I was drenched so I made my way to May Kitchenware (that doubles as a cafe) and spent a good chunk of my morning just cooling off.

For lunch I ate my first bowl of pho and it was everything I expected it to be. Delicious, fresh and inexpensive. Would I recommend you guys to head there too? Definitely!

Afterwards I spent the early afternoon resting in my hotel room plotting out how my afternoon and evening would go. My main objective was to see train street in all its glory so I set off to see the 5:30 train that didn't come until 7:15....but it was worth the wait. Afterwards I just walked around the main street near Hoa Kiem lake and called it a night.

For my second day in Hanoi I was determined to see as many sights as I could. Breakfast was a light meal at Blackbird Coffee followed by a Grab taxi ride to the Temple of Literature, Hoa Kiem Lake's temple and Saint Joseph's Cathedral.

Lunch was a generous serving of Bun Cha at the hotel followed by a mid-day shower to cool off.

Dinner included a stroll around a local park, ice cream by a household name and another cafe. Dinner was mud fish (a delicacy) that was surprisingly tasting and overly filling. What followed was a relaxing cup of kombucha to pass the time before heading to Binh Minh Jazz club. Probably the highlight of my trip if you ask me.

On my last day in Hanoi, I took it easy with brunch at Hanoi Social Club, a taxi ride to an AEON Mall to buy souvenirs, a spa treatment outside my hotel and wandering through thrift stores in the old quarter.

Overall my trip to Vietnam was so much more than I could have ever thought it would be. I'll be back for sure 💕

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