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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Intercontinental Hanoi Westlake
Hanoi
Vietnam
14-17 May 2011
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HANOI WESTLAKE
1A Nghi Tam, Tay Ho, Ha Noi, Vietnam
My family made a short trip to Hanoi on my mum's Krisflyer points and we stayed at the lovely Intercontinental, Westlake. It is such a retreat away from the busy noisy and crowded streets of Hanoi's Old French Quarters. The award winning hotel is located in the prestigious and historic Westlake, and has the most beautiful views.
The hotel's entrance of the main building.
The hotel is made up of a 5-floor main building, one central pavilion
(housing the breath taking Sunset Bar)
and several other smaller pavilions of more guest rooms.
The hotel actually floats above the lake and accommodates over 359 guest rooms & suites,
3 restaurants & 3 bars, a health club and other bespoke amenities.
Floating pavilions lit up beautifully at night.
(this is actually the view from one of our suite's balconies)
The lovely landscaped pool area with comfortable lounge chairs...
The view of the entire estate from the main building,
with the city skyline in the background.
The focal point of the pinwheel plan is the red roofed Sunset Bar.
The romantic daybeds are the favourites for locals, travelers and guests.
It has the best views of the sun setting on the horizon,
the breathtaking views is its main attraction...
but for me it is its fresh
Passionfruit Martinis!
Club Intercontinental is a lounge exclusive to guests of Club rooms and Suites.
The service here is impeccable and the staff will go all out to please.
(I think now everyone working in the hotel would have heard of my dad's loves for bananas!)
The Club Intercontinental Lounge serves beverages all day, a full selection of breakfast and cocktails & hors d'oeuvres in the evenings.
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The Lotus Suite
We stayed at the Lotus Suite similar to this one...
(Andrea got the extra foldout bed)
Lovely toilets with double sinks, bath and separate shower...
I loved the lantern side lamps!
They remind me of the rattan crab traps!!
We were greeted with fresh floral arrangements in our room, fresh fruit, and a hand-written note from the Front Office Manager. As well as an antique lacquer mini chest of drawers...
Which contained surprise desserts in each drawer!!
Macarons, petit four & cupcakes!
It was such a lovely stay...
I can't wait to go back!!
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Labels: Hanoi, hotel, Intercontinental, Travel, Vietnam
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Melbourne Feb 2011 - Fly Emirates!
Fly Emirates
My dad and I took a trip to Melbourne and
we flew Emirates for the first time and better yet,
we flew on Business!
Besides being cheaper than flying Singapore Airlines,
we were both very impressed by their service, food and technology on board.
Business Class Seats on Boeing-777
They are massage chairs and everything including the lighting, privacy screen, massage settings and entertainment system, is controlled by a touch screen remote (yes it is wireless!). These are the "Lie Flat Seats" which are for the mid-distance flights. For overnight flights, like the one we were on, they offered to turn down our seats by placing a mattress over the flat seats, complete with soft blankets and full sized fluffed up pillow!
Large screens for movies and games which are all also touch screen!
Sweet...
A glass of champagne before take off!
They served us what they called a "Light Snack", which had 5 courses!!!
This one was my starter - Salmon Tartar with fresh dill and asparagus.
Nice wines too, I can't remember what Chardonnay I had...
Dessert was a light cheese cake with fresh fruit and kiwi sauce, accompanied by Godiva pralines and a nice cup of tea...
I felt like a Princess!