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posted about 27 months ago by Laddie
about the venue: I-Box

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Ehh...this place is shite. Fancy chairs and snooty people. A bunch of clueless, but suddenly wealthy, Viets thinking they're stepping up in the world because the sofas have cushions and the coffee is thrice as expensive as it ought to be. I can forgive the backpackers insofar as backpackers can be forgiven. They wouldn't know any better. Can you imagine briefly coming to Hanoi and spending precious evening in I-Box?

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posted about 27 months ago by Laddie
about the venue: Balcony Bar

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I can't quite decide what I think about Balcony. The "history" on the page here makes some sense of it, I guess. It has it's upsides. Watching the traffic on a weekend from the balcony certainly has its appeals. The inside can be pretty comfortable, but I guess the size of it (small) means that everything depends of the crowd that night. That's probably where my ambivalence comes from. Different nights...different crowds...completely different place.

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• Are there any tailoring areas in Hanoi along the lines of Hoi An. I know it just a big touist town down there, but it was ultra-easy to get shit made. I've heard it's more expensive here, but I'm not even sure where to start. I don't speak much Vietnamese at all, so do I need to stick to the Old Quarter or what?

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• Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.

  There's a guy just down the street from the bia hoi corner in the old quarter. He owns a travel place, but also rents bikes. Speaks good English, but also fluent German. Lived in Germany for many years....Anybody know his name of the name of his travel place?

  In response to the question: What about motorbikes in general? I know there are several places around Hanoi that rent them....especially in the Old Quarter, but are any of them a...

• Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.

  They'll definitely try to overcharge you. Just remember that you're holding all the cards. Everything is negociable. Don't decide on anything too quickly, and get plenty of advice from people who have been here a while.

  In response to the question: Are the housing agents I see numbers for up in bars trustworthy? ...

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