Heading North in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City – Nha Trang – Hoi An – Hue – Hanoi
Days 84 -89
With not very much time left until we fly home from Hong Kong, unfortunatly the last week seems to have been taken up by a lot of time on coaches making a speedy journey north. The coaches vary significantly in quality and we seemed to miss out on the luxury that others have had with their open bus tickets. Firstly, despite confirming our connecting bus from Nha Trang to Hoi An, they insisted we hadn’t and so we got stuck in Nha Trang for a night a day that was not planned. This involved us having an arguement with officialy the worst manager and the rudest man we have encountered on our trip. I wont bother explaining any further, it is still too raw.
When we made it to Hoi An we were not dissapointed. Having loved Luang Prabang, Hoi An overtook it as our favourite old town. With tree lined streets, crumbling architectural features, yellow painted colonial buildings, and attractive small river front cafes, Hoi An is very pretty and very enjoyable. Admitedly we were there for a day and a half and there is not much to do in the town itself, but we were very contented.
We found Hue not as interesting or charming and were dissapointed by the Forbidden Purple City – that still remains all very vague to us still. The moat and walled city are attractive enough, but inside the structures were lacking and not very well maintained. I felt a little lost in my purpose walking around the area…
Now we are in Hanoi, and within a few hours of arrival have booked our train to the Chinese border. It all seems to have come round so fast.
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