Dong Da Hotel Hue

We have just noticed that one of our entries "MUI NE" says we were up north then back down south to Nha Trang, but Mui Ne is actually on the way up the coast, fyi! <br><br>We stopped in Hue for one day in order to break up the trip from Hoi An to Hanoi a bit. <br>One 3 hour cramped bus ride from Hoi An we just barely arrived. The busdriver had told us we had 30 minutes at a stop, but left without us after only about ...

... putting them in there place we<br>got it for $7. We didn't really want to stay in Hue that long, but enough to see everything. We made the most<br>of the first day and visited the Citadel. <br><br>The citadel is a huge area in the town separated by a large thick wall and moat. In the citadel are all the main sights in the city, Vietnam's tallest flag pole, nine cannons(symbol of protection of the kingdom).Inside the main citadel is the imperial enclosure, which is a ...

... 104 locked up women who are supposed to live a celibate life till they die? I mean the guy must have a hell of a strong back! <br><br>One little drawback: if the eunuch and the concubine get caught doing the coochies or if one got pregnant, they both lose their heads. If you think that's cruel, the Chinese are worse: when the emperor died, his major wife and all his minor ones got executed. Chop chop.<br><br>The next tomb we went to see ...

... the fishing village which we really just sail past and we don't really see anything!! a little disappointing!! we head then for the Phumong Garden house where we witness some young fellows and a young girl do some kung fu!! breaking roof tiles and pushing swords into peoples necks was what we saw here! a little mental but enjoyable and great to watch! we then sail down the prefume river and visit the thien mu pagoda, hon chen temple, minh mang tomb, khai ding tomb and tu ...

... as political refugees as opposed to economical refugees. Can&#8217;t remember how long they spent in HK, but they moved to Sweden which was taking in immigrants with open arms and have loved life ever since. The father had been heavily involved in the communist regime for a while, then realized that it was all corrupt and turned on them. There was bad blood, so much so, that they had changed their last names. Lenh calls himself Swedish, and when he spoke of Vietnam, he always said ...

... by four other solo backpackers and chatted with a girl from London and a girl from Holland for a bit (they turned the lights off on the bus at 7 p.m. so we were unable to read) which made the small bit before I attempted to fall asleep less miserable. After the first rest stop ( 8 p.m.), I put in my i pod, took a couple of Dramamine to induce sleepiness, and attempted to rest. I spent the night tossing and turning, waking up every half hour or so to the sound of the bus's horn blaring, my ...

... br>First stop Tu Duc Tomb which is pretty and set on very large grounds. <br> <br>Then a quick stop to see incense and conical hats being made. <br><br>I don&#8217;t know if I mentioned this but the locals really do wear the hats, well the women. <br><br><br> <br><br>Then Minh Mang Tomb actually there tombs ...

... or Hue train station then transfer to Hotel. Check in, take short rest. PM Visit Forbidden city. Have dinner in restaurant and enjoy Hue royal folk songs. Free at night. Overnight in Hotel.<br><br>Day 2 : Boat trip on perfume river &amp; cyclo tour Hue ( B,L)<br> Am. Take a boat ...

... will get you, be it something flying, crawling, jumping or creeping, we've probably not gone a day without at least a couple of bites between us. <br><br>Thankfully (selfishly) the bugs seem to prefer the taste of Katie to me, so she's been the one most incovenienced so far, the poor thing. <br><br>Ants in particular are everywhere, so everytime you lean against something (tree, table etc) there's a good chance of them running up ...