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Has anyone been to Dien Bien Phu city recently?
I'm working on a project and I'd like to ask a few questions of any who's been up to the northwest recently.
1. How did you get there?
2. Where there any good restaurants/hotels?
3. Did you take any sidetrips? To Son La, Yen Chai, Lai Chau, etc.?
Cheers!
If anyone feels like taking a couple days to see DBP, I'm heading there next week by air for work.
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answered about 7 months ago by Stosskraft
Hey again !!! I have been to Dien Bein and I loved it. I highly recommend going as it quite and peaceful...the opposite of Hanh Hotel !! I believe Vietnam airlines has a flight 2 a week...Tuesday and Thursday if my memory is correct, the flight is about 45 minutes and the scenery is amazing when you go to land....get a window seat !! The trip by bus is 12-13 hours and is almost like riding directly into hell on a local bus...defiantly take the plane and you still have the whole day to explore the war museum, cemeteries and A1 hill. I stayed at a nice place with a pool and fantastic restaurant...I ll pm you the details later. I have also been to the other places your asking about, I really enjoyed Son La alot also. Check out the pics and let me know what you think Stoss
answered about 7 months ago by letsgoeverywhere
Thanks Stoss!! Great info!
answered about 7 months ago by de2facon
We are working on an overland trip ( Ha Noi-Mai Chau-Son La and return via Lai Chau-Sapa-Ha Noi) to DBP for sometime in the near future. Your post indicated that you will be leaving by air in the next week. If possible, try to get a copy of the NEOS Guide to Vietnam from Michelin Travel Publications. It contains excellent useful information on sites,lodging, eating places, etc. in the northwest region.
Forgot to mention that the most recent NEOS Guide to Vietnam I was able to locate is from 2002. The information is still quite useful for a trip to the northwest.If an updated version of the Guide is available, it may be worth checking out. Sorry for the oversight.
Also the info in the lonley planets are pretty good also, but the maps of the cities..Dien Bein, Son La and Lai Chau are way off and useless...but the towns are so small it is easy to find your way around anyway, and the hotels sometimes have small maps to give out anyway. Son La has a couple cool things worth seeing, the sister prision to the Hanoi Hilton, Watch Tower and some hot springs just outside of town.
