Hue

Starting in Hanoi, we will travel southound through Vietnam by way of the Reunification Express train. We plan to visit Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An, and Ho Chi Minh City.

1 Bangkok, Thailand Jan 10, 06 2 Hanoi, Vietnam Jan 15, 06 3 Hue, Vietnam Jan 18, 06 4 Hoi An, Vietnam Jan 21, 06 5 Nha Trang, Vietnam Jan 23, 06 6 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Jan 26, 06 7 Seoul, South Korea ...

... and had heard about a place called the Stop and Go Café and decided to go there.  We continued our tour of Hue specialties with ground beef wrapped in Lot leaves and deep fried (crunchy, tart and tasty), another shrimp and soft steamed rice paper ...

... entrances. From the outside the wall retains masses of pit marks from North Vietnamese shelling during the "American War". Inside the citadel Hue has a very different feeling from the rest of the city. It is placid, old and crumbling and as such much ...

... Swedish friends supped coffee and played cards as we watched the lovely Vietnamese countryside go by through the window. As we arrived in Hue it was absolutely bucketing down, so after stopping to put our raincoats on we made our way out of the train ...

... because of the lonely planets guide (off the beaten track) and then strolled out the back gate of the Citadel into some of Hue's more residential streets. On the way we found two elephants that seemed to be chained up waiting for something - it very much ...