Hey Hue, how are you?

&So its been a while since I wrote a blog post. To be fair it's been pretty full on in Vietnam. On writing this I'm actually on a bus to our 5th place on the coast (Mui Ne). Safe to say we're having an epic time with a decent mix of picturesque beaches, cheap booze and hostel parties too cultural selfies and delicious street food.

So let me cast my mind back to Hue. With sore heads, I believe my alarm didn't go off, so we rushed out of our hostel after the Ha Long bay tour to catch our night train to the old Vietnamese capital, Hue.  The trains are grand with mini rooms compromising of 4 to 6 bunk beds. The journey is fairly pleasent although not knowing which is your stop adds to the excitment when your in a mad panic packing up your bags and legging it off the train.

We arrived in Hue to a sunny and sweltering welcome we didn't have accommodation booked so checked into a hostel on the strip near the bars and restaurants.  Room was decent although we managed to break the air con so a fan only room made for a few warm nights!

We had planned to spend three nights in Hue so got right on with the itinerary. We hit up the main attractions in the area. First is the centre point of the city, the Citidel.  This is the old city castle that housed royalty and protected the centre of the city from costal attack. The castle is huge circled by a moat of lillys.

Through the centre of Hue is a river called the Perfume River. We caught a dragon boat down here all afternoon sipping on beers as we took in the local scenery and temples dotted along the rivers edge. We managed to get a free picture off the family who run the boat and she even dressed us up in traditional Vietnamese silk, safe to say it's not my strongest look. She looked pretty pissed when I told her I didn't want to buy the complete wardrobe collection.

On our boat trip we stopped off at a 5 story pogoda and temple. Some cracking views here over the city and looking up the river. It was so hot here as the breeze had dropped.  But it was great to see the monks praying.

We also met up with a few of our friends that we met in Hanoi, the nightlife here consists of a few bars and a club so we got to know these places quite well. Food is great here being close to the sea, fish was all over the menu, but I'm getting into this now and have feasted on several local dishes including basa fish, crab, and even oysters.

Finally we hit up the beach which is a short moped drive away, not as good as some of the beaches we have done as I write this but it still has warm sea and white sand. Safe to say the tan is getting there, we finally are starting to look like proper backpackers, even if I did have to shave my beard off.

Next stop is the old French town of Hoi An...