![]() I finally lightly tapped on the desk and she looked up at me with a scowl. She totally ignored me, studying something on her computer, for several minutes. I approached a desk labeled "excess baggage payment" with one person sitting behind it. I tried to maneuver around to find a TV screen showing my flite and finally gave up, as the clogs of people were so bad. ![]() There was no indication whatsoever which counter to use. Walking inside the international terminal is like crossing the gates of hell. I've been in literally hundreds of airports worldwide, everything from Singapore, Heathrow, Amsterdam and the like to Palau, Ponape, and Majuro (when I traveled to those islands the airport were wall-less tin roofed sheds). Hanoi looks to be a fairly modern airport, but why does it have to operate so inefficiently?ĭaawgon, I have to agree with your comments 100%. I then ordered tea and toast, and was happy to get it. ![]() After scanning the strange menu for a while, I ordered one item only to be told that they were out of the fruit plate. I thought I'd get a coffee or snack in the restaurant on the upper level, and sat down at a table. From that point, Immigration was quite easy, and I passed through to my gate area upstairs. Carts were not permitted in Immigration, so I ditched the cart, and loaded up. I went forward, but was pointed backward by a guard. I tried skirting the mass of luggage sitters with my packs on a cart, and finally saw an opening to the Immigration area. I did see a sign for International Departures with an arrow, so I approached, but the entrance was blocked by hundreds of people sitting on luggage near Vietnam Airlines, and was not sure if these people were in line for International Departures or were waiting for Viet Air to open their check in. Hanoi has no monetary exchange facilities that I could find, and I was still carring 2 million VND, and I was lucky to find a duty free vendor who gave me dollars. I asked a vendor for my airline, and was told to go to counter 20 (turned out to be Japan Air), so I asked someone from JAL for the right one and finally found Asiana. There are many signs indicating domestic operations, but damn few for international. Hanoi Airport is no small airport, and just locating Asiana was not easy. The absolute worst was the international departure. I used this airport twice - once arriving from Hue on Vietnam Airlines, and then departing to Seoul on Asiana. Than Son Nhat was a breeze, Danang and Hue were simple but efficient, but Hanoi airport was nothing but confusion and bad service.
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