Hoi An and Hue

Monday 25 March 2013

Hoi An and Hue

At the evening we arrived in Hoi An, searched a hotel for us and then just had dinner and beer before we felt for sleep^^ The next morning (23.03.) we explored the lovely city. Breakfast at the river and then simply strolling through the city... the Unesco world heritage bridge is lovely if small - and you can avoid entrance if you enter from the other side^^ The streets were colorful, peaceful Vietnamese riding their bikes, quite a lot of tourists tho - but that hardly vanished the city's calm flair. Craftsman working on the street, colorful markets, small temples... all in all a nice place - we enjoyed it a lot :)

In the afternoon we took a taxi to the beach - which was better than Nha Trang's! Good to linger at the beach again^^

the river of relaxed Hoi An

Breakfast with our fresh made skin heads^^

a lush and colorful city

want a fruit? I love SOA markets :D

Hoi An's southern beach

The next morning (24.03.) a bus brought us to Hue where we went straight to the train station to book a cabin for the sleeping train we were to take later. Then we left our luggage at a restaurant nearby the train station and explored Hue. We walked straight to the old palace complex. Unfortunately, Vietnamese government has little interest in preserving historic places. Even the Unesco world heritage palace rods... well, they started to give it a fresh painting at least - hard if you have to spend all your money on brainwashing propaganda :/

As we had plenty time left, we slandered through the city and explored some nice places :) Later we had dinner and plenty beer at the restaurant where our luggage was placed and we took some baguettes for the way on the train. They didn't last long tho on our way to Dong Hoi^^

the gang to place the luggage at a restaurant next to the train station^^

A pavilion at the old palace complex

The old palace complex

crossing in Hue's center and Flo talks to some locals^^

life on the city's river - we saw an old woman taking a shit just a few meters ahead :/

the gang found a temple to take a compromising shot :P

our baguettes didn't last long - but we enjoyed every bite as one can see :D