Yesterday we'd booked ourselves onto this afternoon's bus North to Hué, so this morning we woke up nice and late and then took our time in getting ready. After getting everything ready and eating our breakfast we just hung about the hotel using the internet and watching the EastEnders catch-ups on the BBC website. Our bus turned up at about 2pm and we were soon on our way.The journey to Hué took about four and-a-half hours. As soon as we had stepped off of the bus we were surrounded by people touting their hotels, we had a quick walk around to decided for ourselves and found a nice one that was only $10 a night. The thing that sold it to us was that there was an Indian restaurant at the end of the road! We checked in as quickly as we could and then went back for a meal. It didn't disappoint... it was fantastic!
When we'd finished our meal it was still quite early so we decided to go for a walk. We didn't get very far when a guy approached us riding a cyclo (a bike with a big chair attached to the front). He said he'd give us a half an hour tour of the city for only 40,000VD (just over £1) - so we went for it. After about 10 minutes we started to feel sorry for him. He was being overtaken by all of his mates who were carrying small Vietnamese people - he was obviously struggling with the heavier (read: fatter) English passengers. Fair play to him, he managed it and dropped us back to our hotel after half an hour.
The poor cyclo driver... he definitely earned the tip we gave him!
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