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Good Morning Vietnam
Hue - our first stop in Vietnam.
Day one we wandered around the town and visited the Citadel in the old part. It has been neglected for years and parts were bombed during the war but is currently being restored. It was very Chinese which wasn't expected!
Day two we hired a boat for a few hours and visited an Emperor's Tomb / …
Hue Hey!
Hue (pronounced Hway) is a bog standard Vietnamese town where pretty much everything and everyone is shut or in bed by 10pm. There is not an abundance of things to do here but it breaks up our already incredibly long journey to Hanoi!
We arrived in Hue by the afternoon. The bus had cost us $5 each and was pretty empty too. We wandered …
Mot, Hai, Ba, Yee Haaa
... costumes (king, queen, concubines, military maderins or a eunick) and we were lead in to the main banquet hall in a procession as two staff members played a flute and guitar to announce our arrival. We sat down and were brought different Vietnamese dishes to try (some weird and some wonderful). After dinner we were entertained by the band who played various songs (most of which all sounded the same). A fun night out with costumes, food and live music.
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Hue, Vietnam
We arrived at a service station about 2 hours from Hue at 6am where the driver advised us we'd have 30 mins for breakfast and to use the toilet. We were still half asleep and not at all hungry so we were just going to stay asleep on the bus. Then a man got on board and introduced himself and advised us that he is from North Vietnam and did private tours to the Vinh Moc tunnels nearby, used in the Vietnam War. He advised us to get off and he would be able to give us ...
Hooray... Hue
... we spent some time deliberating the rest of our time in Asia wondering whether to do Laos.. (we won't tell you the result to keep you guessing) and booked our bus heading to Hoi An. We had another local dinner and tried Vietnamese crisy pancakes (Khoai) and steamed rice cakes with shrimp and pork... was decent!!
Next morning... 4 hour (broken) air conditioned bus to Hoi An!!
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