Around the world #41 | Apricot Hotel

Around the world #41

Vietnam | Hanoi

7 Day 6 Night | Apricot Hotel

Starting with the view you can observe from the roof, overlooking the lake and town area. 
It was quite late and shops were closing so we didn't bother to compare price with others as it was already cheaper than  buying online. We booked and paid cash for our Ha Long Bay tour as we have still quite a bit left and there was a atm nearby so we were not worried.  
On google map our hotel was just a 15 min walk from the place. But since we alight at a different place, it was further away and 1 of the staff volunteer to bring us back with her scooter (: maybe she earn quite a bit from our booking. Who knows :p
Han came soon after and he had to piggy back our luggage hehe. The staff brief us on the appliance and finally we can rest (: 

Hotel swimming pool which wasn't up to a 5 star hotel standard, just very simple and conventional. 

Shops and houses beside the hotel 

Study/Admin room equipped with laptop and printer which was perfect as I was so excited with the job offer from my company :D 

Courtyard which we were facing from our window, not so bad after all as it adds on to the coziness of the hotel.  

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How we got here. 

It was around 9pm when we touch down and we were worried the sinh tourist will be close as the opening hour were only till 9.30. We gave the taxi driver, the address we copied and it was around 9.30pm when we reached the destination. We alight upon seeing the first sinh tourist though the address was different as we didn't realize there was a number of them. 

The staff could only ferry one at a time, so i left first to check in and waited at the lobby for Han. Upon check in we were greeted with mango smoothie in a luxurious looking lobby. 

The room was nicely decorated and very clean probably because this is a fairly new hotel. 

Following the new trend of hotel design, most of the room comes with open concept where we can see people bathing and what not. 

 Finally able to rest after a long day

We booked the hotel for two separate days, 1 before of Ha Long Bay Trip and 1 after the trip. On the last day of our vietnam trip, we were short of cash as we couldn't withdrawal from the ATM and i lost my mastercard ): 

and this is all what we have left. Both of us laugh as we were staying in a 5 star hotel but eating instant noodle for dinner and breakfast. Felt so happy that we were staying in a comfortable place, having enough money to take a cab to the airport and it was the last day of the trip.     

Tada... Our awesome pho instant noodle.

Shall post more soon enough

Love, 

Yinzhen