The drive from Hoi An to Hue provided some pretty excellent views and I also got to visit an American bunker from the war. I arrived in the Imperial City of Hue late afternoon hoping the dreay grey rainy weather would be gone by morning... no such luck so raincoat it was. Since Hue was Vietnam's political center from 1802-1945 there were definit...

After spending the night of the 15th back at our Hanoi guest house we reluctantly left Hanoi on the 17:00pm overnight train to Hue, the old capital about half way down the country. The 13 hour 15 minute journey by train was bliss compared with the same journey by bus. We've met people who's hair turned white on the bus journey - we havn't reall...

Hue would be a good city to visit.... if it wasn't raining. After checking the weather forecast and seeing rain for the next several days, I had no choice but to accept that I will get wet on a tour to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). So I went ahead and hired a motorbike and guide and headed off into the countryside awaiting the coming rains....an...

We decided to go for an open bus ticket for our trip between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) as it was much more flexible then the train (49 hours!!!).

DAY 1 Arrived in Hue battered and bruised from the bus. Breakfasted and completed a walking tour of the city, visiting the massive old citadel and the towns delightful raw-dead-things and conical hats market. The hotel we stayed in had ESPN so Rob was at long last united with the sports viewing he had missed so much. As the dull someone boring v...

HE SAID: About a one hour flight from Hoi An and we landed in Hue. So nice to be back on one hour plane rides as opposed to the 4 to 5 hour buses that we have become accustomed to. We arrived at our spectacular hotel, Pilgrimmage Village Resort; www.pilgrimagevillage.com. This place is so nice that we considered changing our flight out of Hue to...

Well bus picked us, and we had 5 seats between the 3 of us, Air con was a bit much, and the roads, lets just say they were a little bumpy, at one point i think i was actually airborne!!! Anyway so arrived in Hue at around 8.30am yesterday morning, and went straight to bed, ourt Hotel again is 2.50 a night, but we are only staying one night and t...

Allrighty, here's some impressions about vietnam: After spending around 4 days in Hanoi i made a 3 day boat trip through halong bay, a gorgeous bay with over 900 little islands, and only one of them is inhabited. The second night most passengers stayed on this island, in a really good hotel, which was part of the package deal. Halong bay was rea...

Day 10: On the train from Hanoi to Hue - Vietnam We have a nice breakfast at the hotel in Cat Ba, during which all kinds of wild stories about last night are served up with the bread + eggs, making me quite glad I didn't go after all. Drunk backpackers, brrr. In the group of Vietnamese people that were on the tour with us there was a guy who had...

Hue is a surprisingly big place after the quaintness of Hoi An, finding the backpacker (cheapskate) area we come across Thai Binh hotel and 4 of us share a room together. Across the road is Cafe on Thu Wheels run by a mad Vietnamese woman called Thu greeting us with 'top of the morning to you lads' in her squeaky Vietnamese voice. Food is cheap,...