Century Riverside Hue

... citadelet och plockar upp nagra andra som hade besokt det tidigare under morgonen, bland de som hoppade pa var en svensk och ett gang jankare. Valdigt trevliga grabbar som vi senare kakade middag med.<br><br>Hursom, varan guide var nog inte den basta i grannskapet pa engelska eller finess. Vi kom fram till den forsta graven, jag och wille star over eftersom intradet kostade 55 tusen dong per grav.<br>Jankarna och svensken gor en fuling och smiter in medans vi kaftar med ...

... not so much in length but you have your legs under the person in fronts head and body, so fit more people on, we had middle beds which we found out in the morning were about 30cm shorter than the rest, BRILLIANT !!! <br><br>Once the sun had risen around 0600 you could see the rain heavily poor down, the fields along the road were no longer field but rivers and swamp areas. To add to the bad night, the coach broke down, and we had to wait for 2 hours before getting on the ...

... few ponds, sleeping and working quarters for the king and his court, living quarters for the household (the ENTIRE household), etc... Tu Duc had 103 concubines (unlike Pierre), 1 wife and 0 kids because he got the small pox when he was a wee kid and became sterile. Sowed his seed he did, but he never got into trouble for it.<br><br>In VN, when the emperor kicks the bucket, his wife and all the concubines have to move to the tomb and they ...

... the Russian guy was there), both bikes started first time. amazing. The happy locals tries to charge us 300,000 VND (10 pounds), but we gave them 110. <br><br>We drove on through the flooded streets, bikes coughing and spluttering. Eventually, after leaving high water marks on the petrol tanks, ours died in the middle of the road. We pushed him onto the bridge, and tipped 5 liters of water out of the exhaust pipe. After 15 minutes we had him purring again, and all was well.<br><br>We ...

... la tete d'un conducteur de velo. C'est ca, je sens ses goutelettes de transpiration de l'effort de pedaler. Ca explique ma vision trouble."<br> Si je fixe bien, j'apercois plein de couleurs qui brillent, des lampions multicolores, des tissus, je suis peut-etre a Hoi An, la ville des tailleurs de soie?<br> <br> Ce coquin de Typhon me reserve decidement toujours de nouvelles surprises avec ses tourbillons. Ou me fera-t-il donc tourbillonner la prochaine fois?

... and I, because we were under the assumption that the bags would be kept there. She said that they would but there was no way of knowing who would be in contact with them. Nice. So I made sure to take my laptop and shoved a few things of sentimental value in the big pocket so that it could be kept under a lock. <br><br>Jon pulled a smooth one and emptied all of his stuff out into two bags and used his big bag to carry up. He offered to take my larger items seeing how my string sack was ...

... of intestine and figured that was good enough) and rice fried with snake fat. I tried everything and prefered the snake spring rolls (which just tasted like unidentifiable fried food). Overall, I didn't eat enought to be completely full but surprisingly enjoyed the meal. After dinner the entire group headed to Bia Hoi (beer corner) for 30 cent beer. <br><br>Saturday I spent the day packing, running errands and responding to e-mail and updating my blog. I ate breakfast in the hostel with a ...

... Vietnam soldiers of the site of the Doc Mieu Base. Well where the base was it&#8217;s all gone now. <br><br>Then to the Hien Luong Bridge which is over the Ben Hai River. This was the division between north and south. People were killed if they crossed the bridge. <br><br> <br><br>Then on to the Vinh Moc Tunnels. People lived in these tunnels during the war ...

... with a peacock made of pineapple and carrots that had 15 spring rolls on toothpicks as feathers and went from there. Too much food, but it was all amazing and we are both developing an addiction to chili sauce.<br> <br>Note: On the way to the restaurant, a large dog crossed the street and I jumped about 5 feet. I'm seriously concerned about getting rabies.

... obviously an absolute steal compared to back home. My curry boasted pineapple, raisins and cashew nuts, it was right up my street. Those of you that know me best will remember that I love random fruit with my meal, so I really enjoyed it, as you can tell below! Cheers!<br><br> <br><br>The only problem with the meal was that Katie got bitten 4 times by mozzies on her big toe in a matter of seconds. One minute she was fine, the next her ...