We arrived in Hanoi from Hue on the train. Our second experience was a lot better than the first, this time getting the bottom two bunks in a soft sleeper four berth. Much more comfortable.
For the last few days of our around-the-world trip we decided to head up to Sa Pa in Northern Vietnam near the Chinese border.
Best known for the ethnic minority groups that live here we booked up for a two day trekking tour across the sloping rice terraces, forests and waterfalls that the locals call their home.
We couldn't leave Vietnam without visiting Ha long Bay so that was our next step after arriving in Hanoi.
Ha long bay is in the north east of Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, about a four hour drive from Hanoi. Made more recognisable to tourists after featuring on 'Top Gear's' Vietnam special the bay is made up of thousands of little islands or limestone karsts.
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Hue; Vietnam; Nguyen dynasty; Citadel; Asia; Travelling; Royal Tombs
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Hue: An imperial city
Next stop along the road was Hue. Only a three hour bus journey from Hoi An we were to have only a day and a half in the city as we needed to move on to Hanoi before our trip of a lifetime comes to an end.
Hue was the home to the Nguyen emperors who ruled over Vietnam on and over for a few hundred years. Needless to say as their capital Hue is the centre of Imperial Vietnam and all the glories that went with that. Today its is a Unesco World Heritage site and rightly so, even though many buildings we destroyed in the second world and Vietnam wars.
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