Hue

Well the bags are packed up again but this time in record quick time 30 mins to wash and pack which is good for us.

So on route to Hue we went to the Marble mountains with Rob and Rich who we met earlier in our trip.these mountains rised up from the sea like well prepared  Yorkshire puddings ( there was no need for that simile i know) But the most emphatic moment was searching the caves within the mountains one in particular was massive and had a hug Buddha looking down. The cave itself was beautiful lit and had as much of a spiritual atmosphere as any place we have visited.

We then moved on to the Train station at Da Nang. the wait was made bearable by some amazing Vietnamese kids that wanted to play and seemed to be fascinated by my beard. Understandable as Vietnamese men do not don the beard at all. We scrambled onto the Train and sat back to enjoy the views from our window,This train ride is one of the best in the world snaking through the mountains and by the coast line it made a refreshing change to the bus journey a real treat. Even more impressive was a local man in his 60s/70s all in leather even gloves who sat next Amy im sure he was off to an audition to play Danny Zuko.

At Hue we found a hotel called goggle hotel. Which we thought was ok in fairness i think we just wanted to get out of the cold Hue is freezing compared to the rest of our travels. Everything felt great as we laid back in our room. until my nostrils detected a strong scent of fag ash. We immediately explored the room and found lots of ash and fags hiding in every nook and cranny . This massively disappointed me Its a disgusting habit anyway but the room had obviously not been cleaned. At the start of our trip i would have laughed it off but now i found it hard to except it was in a long line of rooms where something always seemed to be wrong.

Hue itself is very unique and boasts and array of Historic buildings and tombs , the first one we visited was The Imperial City (Vietnamese: Kinh thành Huế) a walled fortress and palace in the former capital of Vietnam,


on this trip we witnessed a lady with black teeth this has mortified Amy for days Amy has been trying to come to terms with the ordeal.

So the next day we thought we would be heroes and walk to Tu Duc temple a 5 hour round trip but it was worth it when we got there very peacefull resting place pictures to follow.


So im sitting here a tad achy and a bit tired so we are hoping this will help us sleep on the 12 hour night bus to Hanoi were me and Amy are staying With a couple called Janice and Abduala. Who have kindly put us up Janice is the sister of Elaine who i worked with in Norwich.....Thank you


well thats all for now here to Norwich beating Manchester united and surely securing our premiership survival