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Where are we ?
The most comfortable way to go to our Youth Houses 1 is by taxi with only 30 minutes and $14. From the airport, only go by “Airport” taxi for safe and reasonable price at 224,000 VND or $14.Don’t forget to have some US$ with you before your arrival or better take VND at airport. Don’t forget that SJ Vietnam is not a travel or a taxi company; you are supposed to be able to take taxi yourself in case of something unexpected append (as for example a delay in your flight)
If you need more information, please contact us via fax, mail, Yahoo messengers or by Skype (www.skype.com). Our ID is sj.vietnam and we are online all the day and late in the evening.
How to get to the meeting point at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) If you have booked a taxi from us ?
After passing through passport control and baggage chain, you get out either through LOBBY A, or LOBBY B. Get out of the automatic door and turn left (if you are at LOBBY A) or turn right (if you are at LOBBY B). Go to the area with a lot of ATMs and look for a sign saying “SJ Vietnam” (or « Solidarités Jeunesses Vietnam”)
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER:++ 84.982.499.221 (Miss. Ngoc) or +84.4.7195080/ +84.4.2154993 (office)
Use this number only in case of emergency. If you experience problems with your pick up, please call the workcamp coordinators first.
HOW TO GO TO OUR YOUTH HOUSE FROM NOI BAI AIRPORT?
You need to go to center of Hanoi in 1 of 3 ways: by taxi, by minibus or by public bus (read more in “About Vietnam and Hanoi”)
Note: When you go by taxi and motorbike taxi, they normally stop at the beginning of the Long Bien Bridge . Please ask them to guide you to our Youth House 1 and pay them only after you are in front of the house.
1, By taxi: cost 224,000VND (only by “Noi Bai Airport taxi” for the cheapest price and trustable services).
Show the taxi driver our address at No 16 An Xa, Phuc Xa Street, Ha Noi and go directly to our Youth House 1 for 30 minutes.
2, By mini bus: 35,000VND (there are minibuses from 8.30 am to 9.30 pm). You can buy the ticket on the bus from the drivers.
Take a mini bus to go to downtown of Hanoi. The ticket is 2 USD or 32.000 VND (12 seats). You will stop in No 1 Quang Trung (Vietnam airlines office). It is 40 minutes.
Then you can take a motorbike taxi at 40,000VND or taxi about 40-50,000VND to our Youth House 1. Show the driver our address at No No 16 An Xa, Phuc Xa Street, Ha Noi, near Long Bien Bridge .
3, By public bus: 5,000VND and takes an hour. You can buy the ticket on the bus from the drivers. There is a bus each 30 minutes from 5.30 am to 10.30 pm from the airport (but the last one from downtown to the airport is 8.30 pm).
There are 2 buses number 07 and 17 to go to downtown (we recommend you to go by bus number 17 for shorter trip).
A, The bus number 17: you will stop at Long Bien market (the last stop) then take a motorbike taxi to our Youth House 1 with the price 10,000VND (try to make bargain). Show the driver our address at No No 16 An Xa, Phuc Xa Street, Ha Noi.
B, The bus number 07: you will stop at Kim Ma bus station (the last stop) then you take a motorbike taxi to our Youth House with the price 20-25,000VND. Show the driver our address at No No 16 An Xa, Phuc Xa Street, Ha Noi.
Download our map of Hanoi before to leave at http://www.sjvietnam.org/gps/hanoi_map.jpg
How to go to Accommodation
1.From the bus stop, cross the big boulevard and go through this gate. Be careful with the motorbikes. |
2. And you go a straight and you are on the Tan Ap street. |
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3. You a go ahead until you see a three way cross roads, please turn right. You are on Nghia Dung Street. |
4. You go a head and you will see other three ways cross roads and you turn left. You will a secondary school on your right with name is |
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5. You walk about 10 meters and please turn right at the first cross road |
6. Go straight until you see No. 16. It is accommodation
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How to get to our office.
1. Office address: No 10D, Ngo 28, Duong Tay Ho (same street as Tay Ho Hotel).
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2. Enter the lane. On your right you will see a big and expensive house with a nice swimming pool. This is not your accommodation, just continue your way
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3. At the cross, go to the right
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4. 20 meters later, at the end of the street, turn left
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5. After 15 meters, you are there and the adventure can end for you.
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6. If the fence is closed, try to find the bell (a little hidden under star-fruit tree) or scream, sing a song, or go inside. If nobody answers, we are probably not there. Don’t cry, just call us and cut some star fruits in the tree for us and the neighbors.
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7. Welcome to SJ Vietnam Youth House 2. If the fence is closed we are probably not there, just call us.
Maps of Hanoi / Vietnam
A good interactive map : http://www.vinacarta.com/
You can see a satellite map with some of interesting places collected by Pierre De Hanscutter at http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=580541&t=k&om=1
You can also download good maps (include one in Japonese ! ) of Vietnam and Hanoi at http://map.sjvietnam.org . If you have a GPS and Oziexplorer, these maps are already calibred and can be used directly in your pocketpc.
