After a week on the manic streets of Hanoi we finally got to head off down south to Hue. We managed to survive our first night train and at 11am the following morning we arrived in Hue.
Since we only had only two days in Hue, we had a lot to cram in in one afternoon and decided the best way to do this was on the back of a motorbike. It was amazing. And definitely the best way to see it all. To be honest I think we would have been happy just driving around on them for 3 hours but I guess we had to do some cultural things too!
In our one full day in Hue we decided to do a tour of the DMZ (demilitarisation zone). I have to say as a first off, history doesn't really excite me and I still don't really get the Vietnam war (even though its been explained to me many times), so in hindsight this tour may not have been for me. Either way we seemed like a lot of driving, with a women who had said her speech so many times she had turned into a robot. The only good bit were the tunnels where people used to hide, I really feel for them because being 23m underground with one toilet for 70 people does not sound fun!
After a long day on a bus, it was time for another bus - 4 hours to Hoi An. It was definitely worth it, Hoi An is lush. It's the perfect combination of small town and a beach and there are no car zones - a big bonus in Vietnam! We spent our first few days renting bikes and cycling to the beach, having lunch, sunbathing and cycling home to spend our evenings with 12p ice cold beers on the riverside -we are literally living the dream. We even allowed ourselves the luxury of getting ourselves so clothes custom made, so excited.
Thank you Hoi An you have made us sane again.
Since we only had only two days in Hue, we had a lot to cram in in one afternoon and decided the best way to do this was on the back of a motorbike. It was amazing. And definitely the best way to see it all. To be honest I think we would have been happy just driving around on them for 3 hours but I guess we had to do some cultural things too!
In our one full day in Hue we decided to do a tour of the DMZ (demilitarisation zone). I have to say as a first off, history doesn't really excite me and I still don't really get the Vietnam war (even though its been explained to me many times), so in hindsight this tour may not have been for me. Either way we seemed like a lot of driving, with a women who had said her speech so many times she had turned into a robot. The only good bit were the tunnels where people used to hide, I really feel for them because being 23m underground with one toilet for 70 people does not sound fun!
After a long day on a bus, it was time for another bus - 4 hours to Hoi An. It was definitely worth it, Hoi An is lush. It's the perfect combination of small town and a beach and there are no car zones - a big bonus in Vietnam! We spent our first few days renting bikes and cycling to the beach, having lunch, sunbathing and cycling home to spend our evenings with 12p ice cold beers on the riverside -we are literally living the dream. We even allowed ourselves the luxury of getting ourselves so clothes custom made, so excited.
Thank you Hoi An you have made us sane again.
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