Binh Duong II Hotel Hue

We got another bone shaker of a bus down the winding mountain roads back to Mui Ne. When we arrived, the wind was blowing hard so Dean headed straight to the kiteboarding school, "Jibes", to book some lessons. The wind during the following six days was very erratic and resulted in a total of only five and half hours of tuition. Still, it was enough for Dean to completely master kiteboarding and to even show the instructors a few tricks. These 'tricks' involved face planting, drinking sea wate...

I had breakfast in the guesthouse and checked out at 12 noon on Wednesday the 12th of September. Since it was my last day in Laos I was determined to get some more post cards. I walked to the post office, which only had a small collection and bought 3 post cards. I mostly spent the day waiting for my bus to leave at 6:30pm. I was been picked up at 5:30pm. I talked to a Laos guy who was standing outside a hotel encouraging people to stay in the hotel, me included. While walking back to my gues...

Nach etwa 6h Busfahrt (wieder an wunderschoenen Landschaften vorbei) sind wir in Hue angekommen. Wiedermal hat uns der Bus vor einem Hotel abgesetzt... Da keine anderen Hotels in der Naehe waren und die uns dort ein gutes, sauberes Zimmer fuer 10 Dollar mit Klimaanlage angeboten haben, haben wir das genommen. Als erstes wollten wir unsere Weiterfahrt nach Hanoi organisieren. Wir sind also zu unserer Bus Agentur gefahren (haben Fahrraeder gemietet) und wollten den Platz bestaetigen. Dann hat u...

Though far from off the tourist trail (which we are hoping to do), our next stop was Hue. According to Lonely Planet we needed to be ready for the tout onslaught, and though it occurred it wasn't nearly as bad as we were expecting! Let's hope Hanoi gets by like this as well!!!! Hue was the Vietnamese Imperial City from 1802 till 1945, during the Nguyen dynasty. The emperors, being puppets for the French Imperialists, lived pointless self indulgent lives. Hidden within their 'Forbidden Purple ...

Hue, Vietnam - Konrad's Pictures.

I'll begin this entry with a warning to all those who might be tempted by the romance of taking a train all the way up the coast of Vietnam from Saigon to Hanoi: Vietnamese trains are old, unpleasant, overpriced, dirty, infested, and filled with extremely unfriendly unhelpful staff. as much as Gordon and I love the train as a mode of transportation, sadly, you would be better taking the bus.

Our Vietnam train experience started well enough, with a helpful, English speaking attendant at...

Arrived today via overnight sleeper bus and what an experience! 12 hours on blasting horns and drive it like you stole it style driving and we are here in Hue. When i arrive i decide to find a hotel quick smart and get a shower as i have not washed for about 36 hours!! As soon as we get off the bus as expected there are people offering hotels all over the shop. After a few cheap, cheap, same, same conversations with the guys offering hotels i jump aboard a mini bus to take a look at a hotel. ...