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Amazing Race 10 Hotel Update :: Hanging Out at the Hanoi Hilton...or Not

Where: 15 Ngo Quyen Street, Hanoi, Vietnam

We know the Hanoi Hilton isn't really an actual hotel but rather the Hoa Lo prison in Vietnam where American POWs like John McCain were kept.

Yet we thought we would mention it in this week's Amazing Race recap. The Racers' task last night was to find McCain's flight suit within the Hoa Lo prison, then they were on to Din Vac to make either a coal brick bridge or a birdcage at a Buddhist Temple.

They didn't get a chance to stay over in the episode but if they wanted to check out a real Hanoi Hilton they could have stopped in at the Hilton Hanoi Opera. However, we would stay at the Sofitel Metropole Hanoi mainly because the reviews are better and Sofitels are pretty good abroad.

Here's a pretty simple review of the place:

I have never stayed in a nicer hotel in the world. The place is very well done and the staff just snaps to if anything needs to be done. One of the nicest restaurants. But like the rest of Asia this place has terrible beds. Just a mattress and a pillowtop on a slab of wood.

Sounds better than the beds at the Hanoi Hilton.

For more on the Amazing Racer adventures in Hanoi, skip on over to Jaunted for the Chasing Racers map.

Related Stories:
· Hanoi Hilton Opera reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Sofitel Metropole Hanoi reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Chasing Racers Map [Jaunted]