Thanh Tam Seaside Resort Hue

... Taxi- the hotel was really helpful but sadly it could not be found.
Anyway we walked towards the old part of the town tool a boat trip and then a cyclo around the town. The cyclo driver then organised a friend and with a motorbike and took us to some wonderful temples. Good fun on back of a bike. I felt quite safe too.

... there are about 3 extra long ones per bus). It turned out we were right at the back, but I was far more comfortable. Unfortunately, Cesca was initially next to a Russian (or maybe other East European country) girl who stank to high heaven - I thought girls always smelled nice?? Anyway, after a few hours the Vietnamese lady on the other side of me moved to another seat so Cesca got to move away from B.O girl! Result! We watched some tv on the laptop and then tried to get some sleep.

... few ponds, sleeping and working quarters for the king and his court, living quarters for the household (the ENTIRE household), etc... Tu Duc had 103 concubines (unlike Pierre), 1 wife and 0 kids because he got the small pox when he was a wee kid and became sterile. Sowed his seed he did, but he never got into trouble for it.

In VN, when the emperor kicks the bucket, his wife and all the concubines have to move to the tomb and they ...

... who quickly moves from
machine to machine showing us how everything works. Consensus: rice
farming is hard work. After sitting by the river watching a purple
pink sunset we head back – it was a delightful day in Hue!


Fooling around on
the computer the other day we found out that you can rent movies from
I Tunes (what will they come up with next!) So tonight we will watch
Platoon in honor of our trek tomorrow to the DMZ.

... 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 ...

... that matter. I serenaded the guys for a while and when the vom started it’s way up I took it outside.

The mtn top was quiet, so I know the sound of me calling the dinosaurs out there was heard by the staff and all. I wretched and strained and finally got it all out. I remember lifting my head up in disbelief at what was going on and through the tears in my eyes I saw one the most beautiful skies I’ve ever seen. There was zero light pollution on the top of Bach Ma ...

... of guys from Ireland - one of which spent 3 months in Pacific Beach a few years back. Apparently it is really common for Irish college students to spend the summer there. At 5:30 p.m. I caught the overnight bus to Hue.Regrettably, I didn' take a picture of the torture chamber they call a sleeper bus. There were three rows of bunk beds in the bus, separated by two aisles. Each bed was incredibly narrow. The average American would definitely NOT fit comfortably in these beds. At 5'9", I ...

... Vietnam soldiers of the site of the Doc Mieu Base. Well where the base was it’s all gone now.

Then to the Hien Luong Bridge which is over the Ben Hai River. This was the division between north and south. People were killed if they crossed the bridge.



Then on to the Vinh Moc Tunnels. People lived in these tunnels during the war ...

... and culture and as such has tremendous long –term potential for the development of road tourism throughout the Indochina region.

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Day 1 : Welcome to Hue ( D )
Welcome to Hue, pick pax up at Phu Bai air ...

... chests) while screaming prices and hotel features at you, it was horrible. Thank God we're both 6 foot tall, all we had to do was stretch up and they couldn't reach us! Mwoh ha haaaaa....

This group were particularly vociferous so I told one of them that if he didn't get out my face I wouldn't even look at his leaflet let alone read it, which calmed him down a bit... but then some other little guy took his place and did exactly the ...