Tag: hue
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Trains, Planes and Automobiles: Day 10
I get to the train station at 8.40, even though the train isn’t due until 8.59. I’m taking the SE1 Reunification Express service to Da Nang and then travelling on to the airport to leave for Singapore. The hotel staff booked my ticket for me yesterday. It cost me 80,000 dong in total (about £3.50),…
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One Out of Seven Ain’t Bad: Day 9
Last night, over a couple of beers and a delicious plate of fried noodles with beef at Taboo Bar, I looked into cycling in Hue, and found that several biking tours can be done around the city and to the royal tombs that are scattered around the countryside to the south west of Hue. I…
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Who’ll Stop the Rain? Day 8
I’m woken at 5:15 am by the start of a downpour. My room is on the top floor of the hotel, and it seems that the roof is made of tin. It is absolutely hurling it down. I step out onto the balcony to take a look and notice that it has started to flood…
Postcards From Dan 