Hue

We got a night bus to Hue in a seater bus instead of a sleeper because them things are not designed for westerners, as we never fit in them. I managed to get a couple of hours sleep, which never happens when I'm on a bus but with the girls offering me drugs (motion sickness with the side effect of drowsiness), it seemed to help the cause.

Hue had a huge citadel, which was like a huge fort if you were in India. This is where the royal family used to live back in the day and with the Lonely Planet book comparing it to the forbidden city, we thought we were in for a right treat. When we did go round to seeing this citadel, we were let down straight away because the majority of the buildings were in ruins, so it was hard to work out what was there. However they were starting to build new buildings in place of the old ones so maybe in a few years, this place will look like a citadel, although a very new one.




After our busy sightseeing day with nothing to see, we bought a football and as there were 4 lads in total, which is enough for a kick about, we went in search for somewhere to play football. We found a school yard where some skinny Vietnamese were playing football and after a couple of minutes in the yard, they offered us to play against them. They were a lot better then we expected with them absolutely ragging us but once we found our feet, we were back in there before they called full time because it was getting too dark. Any Excuse!

Hue photo link:

http://www3.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=4292067011/a=2264773011_2264773011/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/