What to do in Hue?!

Our final night train in Nam was shared with Dutch siblings. We had arrived back down South in a relatively large town called Hue. From the station we jumped on the back of two motorbikes and wound through the morning rush hour of this provincial place. Hue is famous for the Emperors that once lived there in a beautiful citadel and are now buried along the banks of its perfume river. We trundled around the citadel with its walled gardens, temples, and palace grounds. Even though it was a relaxing stroll around beautiful grounds we were suffering a bit of travellers fatigue. So felt we had seen this kind of place before and it didn't quite live up to the Forbidden Palace we had seen in Beijing.

On day two in Hue (feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme) we had another war day. Up early we went on the DMZ tour, taking in air bases, monuments, tanks at side of road and eventually the Vinh Moc tunnels. These were used to live and hide in during the 'American war'. They were much bigger than the Cu Chi tunnels we'd visited further South. In fact I could pretty much stand in the walk ways, they even had a maternity room, along with meeting room and family rooms. 17 babies were born there, one of which was present as an older man. Our war day out was our last day in Vietnam so we made sure we ate our last Pho too and I drunk my final Vietnamese coffee.

I have mixed emotions about leaving Vietnam for Laos tomorrow. This has been a captivating country with so much to do, see and eat yet I feel we've pretty much done all there is too do here and am starting to grow tired of seeing familiar sites. With that in mind I'm looking forward to starting a new in Laos, bring it on.