The 1 and only REAL Kangaroo Cafe in Ha Noi for tours and travel in Vietnam

The thumb-nails below are taken from a local Vietnamese tour magazine "The Guide" in 2006 & feature a number of our competitors tours for you to consider. As you may have guessed, their prices have gone up considerably since then !

Please note carefully not just the price but more importantly the group sizes and we find it curious to note the incredible support some of these mobs get for their so called "small group" tours from some of the guide books & internet forums. Makes you wonder what's going on behind the scenes !!!

We seem to come in for some very personal criticism on one of the travel forums in particular. Some of these would be, cyber travellers (you can check the daily average number of their posts) hiding behind their anonymous accounts & browsers seem all too ready to tip a bucket on us. Poor them !

What's even more curious is that they always seem to be pushing a barrow for the same tour mob.

Please feel free to e-mail us if you require any further info & we'll send you some itineraries & other info as well. Don't forget to have a gander at our Ha Long Bay & Sa Pa tours pics too.

Lastly, if you're using your work computer please be aware that most work places don't approve of their staff surfing the net, visiting funny web sites or arranging their holidays etc during work hours.

We've had a number of people complain they didn't hear from us when in fact it was their company system deleting our e-mails because we'd sent the people tour itineraries as attachments. The various work places are understandably concerned that the attachments may be a virus or some other kind of nightmare that goes with the internet these days & delete them immediately.

When you contact us, please include an e-mail address that accepts any & all attachments such as your home or private e-mail address.

Please Note: Regarding emails to & from the REAL Kangaroo Café TM

At this time, we can't reply/send email to any Hotmail accounts, the emails just keep bouncing back to us. We know that the Hotmail outfit gets millions of spam emails each day to the millions of "free" email accounts they have & so the filtering they use has to be very strong to try & protect them & their customers.

We don't have any problems with any of the other "free" email services like Gmail, Yahoo, Lycos etc but can see that there will probably come a time when we will.

Our best & most honest advice is that there's nothing better than a real email account & at about $2 a week, it's not a bad idea.

We know it's old fashioned, but the most effective form of communication is, was & always will be the spoken word it's still really worth a try. For a couple of dollars please feel free to 'phone us here at the café if there's anything you feel is urgent.

This link will take you to the Fake Kangaroo Cafés, Fake Kangaroo Hotel/Hostels scam & various other stupid crooks who'll rob you for sure, page !

The fake Kangaroo Cafés, tour offices, hotels & what's next hairdressers & tailor shops ?

Here's 1 of the fake mobs at 15 Hang Be St, Hanoi

Unbelievably, this dump has fooled many a newcomer to Ha Noi. A very tidy & classy joint indeed !!!

Please check your emergency evacuation & medical insurance before risking it here !!!

This one's at 83 Ma May St, Ha Noi

What sort of cafe is this ??? If you happen to be walking past, for a laugh, ask for some toast, vegemite & a cup of tea & see what the response is ??? By the way, that's the fake KC mob's "Air Con, airport limousine service" parked out front !!!

And .... here's another one at 10e Dinh Liet St, Ha Noi

People sometimes think we're joking when we say that the fake mobs actually get a few takers. Check the two punters looking at tours in front of a dump that not only reckons they're us, but also that they're STA travel, Viet Nam Open Tour & even Ostrich something or other .... more like Aussie Ostrich but not nearly as clever.

Talk about an identity crisis !!!!

And yes, (always save the best for last) here's another one at 34 Luong Ngoc Quyen St

This is the latest effort by the dunce who opened the other dumps. The way of Roos ???? What's that supposed to mean & has anyone ever heard anyone else ever say it ???

After the Aussie Ostrich effort this one looks like it could be the "Dickey Knee" cafe !

Oh & by the way genius, this "the way of roos" thing ... It really is a very Aussie thing to say & will absolutely convince everyone you're a real Aussie so stick with it, it's just great.

The way of the complete imbecile would be much more like it.

All 4 of these fake Kangaroo Café ™ outfits are just a stones throw away from each other & we suspect they're all owned by a local midget (both in size & intellect) who, of course, thinks he's a genius. In Ha Noi, please be very careful because as the Rough Guide says, the scams in Ha Noi are everywhere !

If they can't tell the truth about who they are...

do you really want to trust them with your money ?

Before travelling to Viet Nam we encourage everyone to buy a copy of their favourite guide book. Years ago there seemed to only one choice but these days that's far from the case. We can't say enough good things about The Rough Guide, Footprint, Lets Go, Fodor's, Globetrotter, The Moon Guide & National Geographic guide books.

These publications have really shown over the years that their hearts are in the right place & that they're not just in it for the money. They're well & often researched, they're objective with any criticisms & the authors are decent, honest & straight forward too.

Here's some recent reviews that we were understandably very pleased about !