So we wake up on the train after a varied nights sleep. We then have a few more hours staring out of the window - miles and miles of greenery and huge numbers of paddy fields - until we arrive in Hue. Hue is the old capital of Vietnam and has an imperial palace (similar to that in Beijing). It is a fairly small town and is considerably quieter t...

So I arrived in Hue at a respectable time in the morning and was immediately swarmed by guys trying to take me back to their hotel. "Only 10 dollars with a pool". But it was a good sign it meant there were lots of spaces and walked into town with a German lady and we found a nice little place for 4 dollars a night. After showers and things I wen...

This is a break from the usual travel writing to expound on some important things about Vietnam. Now, on my last trip, I was staying in shitholes and as a result, I didn't spend much time in my room. But now that we have nice hotel rooms, I'm not sure how I made it through the hours from noon to seven. Vietnam is lovely from 7:00 in the morning ...

"... smart, intrepid, unreadable!" I heard this on CNN (my mistake). Their commentators live in subtle torment, using words to shield themselves from that which they can neither understand nor describe. Hmmm... kind of like what I do. Hue has the Pearl River and the city is green, and it's possible to escape the tourist trail. The Citadel across...

Sak san pi my Lao means Happy Lao New Year, I heard this so many times during the event that it is etched in my brain for awhile. It was so much fun, everyday bringing new friends and new experiences. The first couple of days I hung out with a group of women I met in town. 2 were Australian, one French, one English, and a bunch or rowdy Lao wome...

We arrived in Hue after a 3 hour car ride from Hoi An. Our stay in Hoi An was wonderful, we will blog more about that later. But suffice it to say, out of the 7 or so times Andrea and Andrew have been to Hoi An, this was the best weather by far. Blue skies, warm weather, comfortable nights. Not too humid either. On Thursday afternoon, we all pil...

Got up yesterday morning to more rain and cold, but we had got our clothes back from the laundry so I had nice clean long trousers to put on to go and see the Citadel in Hue which is a wrold heritage site. Now I am wondering why I didn't just put on the mucky old trousers from yesterday because we got destroyed again... Off we went, the girls in...

Hue on itse asiassa aika miellyttava Hanoin jalkeen. Tultiin tanne silla sleeping bussilla. Lahettiin Hanoista illalla seitseman aikoihin ja oltiin perilla joskus seitsemalta aamulla. Se bussi oli hieno, jokaisella makuupaikat ja vessakin sielta loyty. Me nukuttiin ihan viimesella rivilla ja sinne tulikin sit kolme muuta mut ne oli ihan hyvat pa...

Un peu d'histoire pour ceux que cela interesse... LA CITADELLE: La Citadelle de Hué est construite pendant près de 30 ans du 1803 au 1832, elle est constituée par un rempart fort de 6,60 m de haut, de 21 m d'épais et sur un parcours de 9000 m. Autrefois, sur le rempart il existait 24 pháo dài (emplacement destiné aux abris des canons ai-dessus d...

I had a train booked out of Hue at 1:00 in the morning so I was kind of wondering what I was going to do until then. Everything closes down in Hue at 11:00. The night before, and earlier in that day, I had spent the hot afternoon hours in a little place called "Cafe on Thu Wheels," so called because the proprietor is a woman named Thu and she ru...