Ngoc Huong Hotel Hue

... when I took a City tour, it wasn't too bad. Really interesting tour, booked at the DMZ cafe, with a great guide who spoke good English - we saw 3 tombs in the morning and after lunch went to the citadel and then a pagoda, finishing with a boat trip back up the river to the centre of town. Worth doing as it brings the history more to life than just reading from the guide book.<br><br ...

... owner is a deaf very friendly older man who communicates with his<br>customers and staff through hand signals. There we eat Banh Khoai<br>(fried rice pancakes stuffed with bean sprouts and shrimp) and nem<br>lui (grilled pork in rice paper served with peanut sauce). After<br>stuffing ourselves while watching drama unfold between two adjacent<br>shop owners in the street the owner of the restaurant presents us ...

... Kind of, it turned out that they didn&#8217;t have any bread, or white rice for that matter. Hmmm, there goes the wholesome food thing, so the next best was instant noodles, which they had a lot of. I thought a couple fried eggs wouldn&#8217;t be too bad, nor would a boiled egg. I&#8217;m not much of a complainer about food, I&#8217;ll eat pretty much anything, see: Among the Hmong. But after being sick and still feeling a queasy, the oily noodles, ridiculously greasy fried eggs, and ...

... with a ball cap for protection, ended up buying a bright purple poncho from a kind lady. It did keep off the rain but was hot and uncomfortable&#8212;kind of like wearing a full-length plastic bag, which it sort of was. I had a small travel umbrella which kept the top of my head dry but the rest of me was literally sopping. Some intersections were flooded, and we skirted around these as best we could but did slog through ankle deep water periodically. At one point the roadway we were ...

... tour," we noticed it was really starting to rain so took up the offer of a friendly cyclo driver and climbed into his vehicle/converted tricycle. It was a very tight squeeze, and I had to crouch in between Bill's legs. We were then basically wrapped in a tarp which was fastened to the contraption. We were able to peer out through a small slit between the tarp and the awning of the cyclo, which could be construed as a good thing as we were kept dry and able to see ...

... charge (not happy about that). Although each of the tombs was unique, all tombs consist of the same basic parts: a pavillion, a temple for worship, a sepulchre where the remains of the emperor are buried, a honor courtyard flanked with stone animals and guards and a lotus pond. The most interesting of the three tombs contained an extremely ornate sepulchre, decorated with colorful stones and pictures of the emperor. <br><br>I was exhausted after the tour, which ran over and lasted nearly ...

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