Thursday, March 3, 2011

Here in Hue

I have made it safely to Hue after a 16 hour overnight bus from Hanoi.

My friend the day before warned me about her dreaded experience on the bus with cockroaches (big and baby ones) running around the bus and she said she didn't sleep a wink the whole trip all wrapped up in a cocoon paranoid of the bugs.

The bus itself is a trip. Only the Asians could think of an invention. First you board and they give you a plastic bag to put your shoes in (very smart I say to keep the muddy/dirty shoes away). It is not a 2 deck bus but there are sleeping stalls, almost like bunks with 2 levels. You can lie almost horizontal to sleep or sit up too and I will post a picture later tonight.

I owe it to my wonderful hostel for booking my trip as the company I went with I guess is the best. We boarded at 6:30pm and as soon as we were on the road, the lights went off and that was it. So, what do you do but just sleep. There was quite a decent toilet on board (better than I expected) and slippers at the steps of it that you used to enter :). So sleep is what I did. It wasn't bad, I think I got at least 6 hours here and there total, maybe less or maybe more, but I feel pretty good here.

It was pouring on the way here but Hue seems to have received their rain earlier this morning and none right now. I got into my private room to wash up a bit and went straight for a walk along the river and across the bridge to stretch the legs. I prefer to stay away from the tours but I decided to get to Hoi An tomorrow so opted on my hotel's city tour which gets me lunch, and a river boat ride down to the royal tombs of the Dynasty leaders from centuries ago.

The tour will continue tomorrow to the Citadel and that is where a lot of the war history will be learned. It was a total of $6 with lunch included in the price so I went for it.

I plan to just wonder on my own in Hoi An without a tour when I get there since I will have a little more time.
:)

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