On the road

Hi all. We're in Hue at the moment, which is in the middle of Vietnam. It used to be the capital, and has an old walled city which we visited yesterday - its a bit like a mini version of Beijing's Forbidden City, but a lot smaller and less impressive. The Hue version suffered a lot of damage in various wars and is being rebuilt in a number of places. Still an interesting place to visit though.

 

We're off to Hoi An this afternoon. We've been doing a bit too much moving around so far and hopefully will stay there for a few days - its supposed to be a lovely town close to a beach, so we should be able to have a nice relax. We haven't spent two nights in the same place for ages - in fact our last 9 nights have been spent in a hotel, boat, hotel, train, hotel, train, hotel, bus and hotel respectively! The night in the bus was probably the least comfortable, but at least it had beds in it. The only problem was that the roads were very bumpy so we spent the whole night bouncing up and down.

 

We're really enjoying Vietnam, and everything has gone pretty smoothly. The only hiccups have been Mark's camera breaking (was a few years old and have bought a better replacement) and leaving our Lonely Planet in Hanoi! The Lonely Planet is a bible to travellers, and we were a bit lost without it, but it was actually quite refreshing to have to explore Hue un-aided and to find somewhere to stay and eat by following our noses. Having said that we picked up a pirate version of the book last night though, so its back to normal from now on.

 

Bye.