Day 110 - 11/06/08 Haven't been on a plane for 2 months but today I flew to Hue which is half way been Saigon and Hanoi. The plane was delayed for an hour due to a severe thunder storm, but I finally arrived in Hue mid-afternoon. Caught a bus from the airport to central Hue and found a guesthouse called Phong Nha which is in great central locati...

We continued our upward spiral on transport with an overnight bus to Hue. Nice and comfortable beds so we managed to some sleep. We just stopped off here in Hue for a day. It was a nice place on a river with a couple of ancient sites. We went out that night and met up with a couple of english guys. Spent the night playing free pool. The beer was...

(Written by Steph) Remember yesterday when Derek said apparently the night bus was a thing of beauty and comfort??? Welllllll...... not even close. The bus picked us up in Ninh Binh at around 9pm, and was absolutely horrible (I'm trying to refrain from saying a piece of sh*t). It was an old, run down bus that was at least 30 years old, it didn't...

April 30 2008 Actual day in Hue, April 9th More about the sleeper bus....We have taken it four times and if we were to do it again we would definitly take the train, at least you might get some sleep and it takes about the same amount of time. The speed limits on the roads in Vietnam are low and I believe a bus can only go 60 - 70 km\hour max. B...

My first vietnamese night bus was a much better experience than I was expecting. I even manage to get some sleep, despite the contant honking of horns and the terrible state of Highway 1. Every now and then the bus even went off road. I assume to avaoid pot holes, but possible also accidents which appear to be frequent. I meet a guy from Morroco...

Having settled in to our lovely hotel after the bike ride we turned to more pressing matters - FOOD! The new year holiday and remoteness of the places we had visited over the past 4 days had meant that a diet of noodle soup and occassional rice and pork dishes was all that could be found. For those of you that know me (Ads!) well I am not good ...

Le pays defile, me voici a Hué. La chaleur gagne du terrain. J'apercois pour la premiere fois du ciel bleu. Dans le train de nuit je rencontre Badia et son mec, Fabian. Lui est allemand, elle franco-marocaine. A 22 ans elle decide d'arreter la fac qui ne la mene nulle part et quitte precipitemment la france pour devenir jeune fille au pair en Al...

Arrived in Hue (02.11.07) central coast vietnam. Rain - the place is fooded. We've been warned that a typhoon is heading in the direction of Ho Chi Minh and to keep alert of the weather forcast. Among my gorgeous green uliminous raincoat i did get on a tour to the DMZ (demilitary Zone). This is a bridge that seperated North and South Vietnam. It...

After a nap yesterday, to recover from our journey traumas, we had a little walk around the immediate area near our hotel. It's in a little alleyway just off the main road and right opposite Cafe Thu Wheels. Hue itself is more of less same same as the other places we've been, lots of lanes of traffic, too many motorbikes and lots of people askin...

We took the overnight bus from Ha Noi to get ourselves to Hue, on the central coast. The bus was pretty uncomfortable, but the the whole 14 hours floated by in a haze of nearly constant honking and swerving. At one point we drove off the road and over a make-shift bridge. Hmmm. Saved on a hotel anyway. Another aspect of our bus ride is that it's...