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Hayley & Holly On Tour 2006
We survived the bus journey which ended up taking sixteen hours with stops included! Holly and I had to wait 12 hours to pee, not yet on board with the squat toilet, it's dirty! Anyway Hue seems lovely and our hotel is brilliant. For $10 each a night we get our own (western) toilet, bathroom, hot water, air con and breakfast. It's like a proper hotel as oppose to the hostels we've been slumming it in, well impressed. We got here on the back of a motorbike after the bus dropped us off, very good fun! We're like locals already.
After a much needed shower (Holly's pits were really kicking off!) we went out to see what we could see. Hue is much quieter than Hanoi, much less traffic and noise which is what we were craving. We walked to see three famous Pagodas where Bhuddists still worship and teach and then went for lunch and a beer. Classy. We're sampling spring rolls from around the world. Expect the first edition sometime in late summer.
We are off to the Citadel and the rest of the historical stuff in the city tomorrow and then we we're off to the DMZ (Demilitarised Zone) and Vinh Moc Tunnels the day after that. It looks really interesting and only two hours away. A local guy told us earlier they are much more authentic than the Cu Chi Tunnels in HCMC so we'll give it a bash.
I hope you girlies fill us in on all gossip from your night on the town. Don't do anything we wouldn't do!
Missing you all
Lots of love
Hayley & Holly xxx
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