Blogs from Hué, Thua Thien - Huế, North Central Coast, Vietnam, Asia - page 8

11. den, pondeli 5.3., Z Kon Tumu do Hoi An Moc mila pani z hotelu v Kon Tumu (Tring Vuong, 280.000,-/os/noc/bs) nam zajistila listky na autobus do Hoi An. Moznosti byli v 7h ci 15h, kvuli obsazenosti bereme odpoledni. Informuje nas o tom, ze cesta se bude konat malym autobusem - tranzitem, upime, ale neda se nic delat. Nechavame si prat pradlo a premyslime o tom,ze si rano pujcime motorku a objedeme okoli. Mame take zalusk na kavu a fresh v "nasem" kocickovemu baru, uvidime. Rano vstavacka okolo 8.hodiny, bez budiku, po vcerejsi sprsce Red Bullu za 8000 VND se slivovici se nicmene citime sveyi :) Motorku nechavame byt, jdeme se projit mesteckem, kde turistu opravdu, yvlaste v tech odlehlejsich mistech, evidentne nevideli uz hodne dlouho. Cestou kupujeme 9kg meloun (za 35000 VND), snime pulku a ... read more

Leaving Hoi An for Hue on the midday seater bus, and guss what? Its almost empty so we are all able to take up 2 seats as they can be a little bit squeezy, As we head further north the weather is getting cooler and it looks like we will need to buy some jackets. Our trip to Hue has gone quickly and the sceanery has changed from beaches, sand and some mountains to very steep winding roads carved in the side of mountains covered in mist, small villages, rice farms and water buffulos. Arrival time 6pm, just enough time to have a quick look around and purchase 3 warm jackets. Our hotel is stituated 70 metres in from the well known Vietnamese Perfume River (perfumed Hmmm...????) we quickly find out what is to see and ... read more

We had quite an early train to catch on Friday 24th Feb for our trip from Dong Hoi to Hue, the weather was about perfect 24 degrees so not too hot. The Sun Spa resort was a great place to stay and we would certainly go back there. I think a good tip if you don't mind a small addition for commision is to book your train tickets though the hotel you are staying in, we did and the tickets turned up a couple of hours later, it would have cost a lot more to get a taxi to go and buy them. I think they added on £1 per ticket so well worth it, the tickets were only £3 each for the 93 mile journey. The train journey went well it was supposed to leave ... read more

20th-23rd Feb '12 Hanoi to Hue This overnight train was a sort of down market version of the one we took to Sapa, but we did have a compartment for 4 and got a free bottle of water each. The best part of this train journey was the company – we shared with a couple of young Vietnamese newly- weds (who were off to Nha Trang for their honeymoon). Hoi was 30 and a former tour guide turned business man and spoke excellent English and Mai was 26 and an accountant who spoke no English but asked loads of questions through Hoi. They both looked about 15 and were the sweetest people! They had got married on the 16th and showed us their wedding photos – including the photos taken by the lake in Hanoi, it ... read more

Bonjour les amis!!!! Nous revoilà! Nous avons quitté Nha Trang le 11 février (une date spéciale pour Gabrielle!) pour se rendre à Hue en train, à 5h30 le matin! Nous avons pris la cabine avec lits dans la catégorie "confortables", car il existe aussi des lits "durs". Les lits "confortables" ont des matelas plus épais et il y en a juste 4 par cabine, contrairement aux "durs", on y retrouve 6 par cabine. Le billet a coûté environ 30$/ch, et, pour un trajet d'environ 11h30, croyez-nous, ça vaut la peine! Vous verrez sur les photos que ce n'est pas le luxe, mais c'est très bien pour le prix! Nous avons séjourné au "Jade Hotel", petit, mais avec un service très familial!!! On se croirait rentrer à la maison (si votre maison est habitée par une 1/2 ... read more