Early start for a full day tour of Hue and some of the key highlights of the town. The first stop was at Mang Ma tomb - one of the 3 Emperor's tombs we were to visit on the tour. Quite a large area with different temples on the grounds . The actual burial place has been lost as its on the mountain behind a locked wall. Still quite a nice area that they explained was good feng shui with the lakes and mountain. Our 2nd stop was for the emperor Khe Dinh. This tom...

Got woken up at about 5 this morning by Pat telling me the power was off and that there was an alarm going off in the building. She was worried there was a fire. But if a concern but the power came back on and the alarm stopped so must have been ok. We get picked up by our driver from Hue just before 8am and started our trip to Hue up over the Hai Van pass which is a mountainous winding road. They have built a tunnel which has cut the time off the trip a bit but...

Got hit with a monsoonal storm last night just as were left the hotel for dinner. Got soaked by the time we got down the road to the restaurant . Pretty common at this time of the year apparently as we have had another one tonight. Our day started today still wondering if in this big hotel we are the only customers. Had not see or hear another soul to this afternoon. It's very strange as there is just no one about anywhere. We headed off early this morning to...

Very early start today at 4.15 to catch a 7am flight to Danang. Only tookabout 75 mins so pretty short flight We caught a cab to our hotel which is in the My Khe beach area across the bridge from the main part of Danang. My Khe is also known as China Beach and was made famous by the US who came here for their R & R during the war. There was a TV series called China Beach about 20 years ago set during the war too. Quite isolated around here and very quiet ...

Quiet last day in Hanoi. Did managed to get another massage in - so 4 in a week. A bit indulgent but why not. Had lunch at the Kangaroo cafe and a pretty good burger. But expensive as western food can be but was good not to have rice for a change. Did a bit of shopping but not buying much as we don't want to carry too much yet as we have still got a long way to go. Need to be up early tomorrow for a 7am flight to Danang.