Philippine Travel Notes

Let's continue my  adventure from the previous article... I was thinking, the title of this blog post should have been " my bumming around the Noi Bai International Airport Terminal 2 ", since that is just what I did this afternoon! As usual, I enjoyed it. Maybe I was born to live among airports and airplanes! This was the last picture in that  previous article . I arrived at this airport 12:18NN. Yes my prayers were heard, that the drowsy driver don't sleep on the road. Salamat! I may probably have been too excited to have arrived safely - since I took that photo while driver was still offloading my luggage from his taxi (at left, not seen in picture) ! Well, it's been long since I was last in a life-and-death situation hahaha! Anyway... Departure Curbside Let's interpret/annotate the photo above. That's the foyer and lobby, by the curbside (left edge of pic) , where passengers walk, to enter the check-in area doors (D1 & D2). Loo...

Time to leave Hanoi but not going home yet. I needed to be in Vientiane, so let's go! This would only be Leg No. 9 in my circle trip of 13 flights. Still a long way to 'home'. Yet as always, let's do this blow-by-blow ! A Reliable Taxi Service From Hanoi West Lake to Noi Bai International Airport is about 25kms - expectedly about half an hour (or even less) by taxi, no traffic because this was a noontime trip. Yes there is Grab Car in Hanoi since 2016 (Grab Food even started just last October) . But I wanted to try this taxi service - touted as 'reliable' by their tourism department. Flat rate, yet just a few VND more expensive than Grab. But the more interesting part about " Taxi Group " (the taxi service) is "it" along with some others, being 'endorsed' . Yes, endorsed by government as a private/consortium but reliable taxi service. And, that branding deal - only those labeled "Intercon Westlake" may qu...