Green Hotel Hue

... Luckily we caught it behind the building en route without us! During our "30 minute" break we went to a nearby "restaurant" where chickends and chicks were freely roaming around our feet while we ate, and ordered noodles with vegetables, emphasizing NO seafood. We ended up with a plate of squid and shrimp and bunch of packaged Mr.Noodle noodles. <br>When we finally arrvied in Hue we were happy to find the ...

... in a citadel. A lot of the enclosure is in ruins due to the bombing in both French and American wars. They are slowly restoring the least damaged buildings but it takes such a long time, as the decorations on the buildings are made from mosaic. Within the enclosure there are many buildings that the emperor has as his throne and ceremonies held. The forbidden purple city is a citadel within a citadel within a citadel were only the emperor and certain servants who impose no ...

... Khai Sinh's who was number 12 of 13. This guy must've been a major reason why the peasants wanted to overthrow the monarchy. His opulence was beyond belief: his tomb took 11 years (1920-1931) to build, using 10,000 workers. The architecture had Indian, French and Italian influence.<br><br>In 1920, this jerk went to France for a visit and he became entranced with everything French. When he came back to VN, he started wearing makeup heavily ...

... tomb! these were all very interesting and had some funny stories attached. apparently two ot the kings that are in two of the tombs were supposedly gay. how people came to believe this was because they had no children!! one portrait looked like the king was wearing lipstick myself and cathy decided!!! we visited a conical hat makers house and watched how they were made which was cool! their demand has gone down in recent years due to the amount of people riding ...

... and when he spoke of Sweden, he always used "our" or "my country". He was 28 or 29, athletic, and very patient as Jonathon and I drilled him with questions all the way to the top of the mountains. Even though he was completely winded, he would still manage to get an answer out. We let him know how much we appreciated his openness, it was a hell of a look into an interesting life. He now works in Saigon, drives a BMW and uses an Iphone, both of which he admittedly does for status ...

... aching from laying in various awkward positions. The rest stops contained some of the most filthy toilets I have encountered. When I arrived at Hue fourteen hours later, I was relieved to be on solid ground. However, I was additionally horrified to find that my bag which had been stored under the bus was soaked with rain water. Fabulous. <br><br>Luckily, the same amazingly social hostel that I stayed at in Hanoi recently opened a version in Hue. I shared a cab with two other backpackers ...

... starting to all look alike and it&#8217;s only the second one. <br><br> <br><br>Then on to Khal Dinh Tomb, again more of the same. Now back to town for a bit of lunch. <br><br> <br><br>The first stop in the afternoon was the citadel. Which is in the centre of town. It&#8217;s a lot like the one in Beijing with ...

... on the Perfume river with a stopover at Thien Mu pagoda, Minh Mang tomb. Van pick up back to hotel , lunch in restaurant and take short rest.<br><br>Pm Cyclo team and guide pick up to visit Phu Cam conical hat-making village and Phuong Duc bronze-casting village. Free at night ...

... arm or leg and having a bit of an 'English takeaway' or maybe a case of 'bit and run'. Nurse, my sides... <br><br>However, in the grand scheme of things the insect bites are just what they are, only very minor irritations which don't really detract from a really fantastic part of the world. <br><br>Right, we're up early tomorrow for the river tour, so night night and catch you tomorrow. <br><br><br>lots of love, <br><br><br>Al &amp; Katie xx