Hue to Hoi An The city of Hue is the most northerly large city of former South Vietnam. If you ask a Vietnamese person in Australia or anywhere else in the world where they come from and they say "From the north" they most likely come from Hue. At the time when Vietnam was split into two countries (North and South Vietnam) the old border was just north of Hue. When the North overrun the South the North Vietnamese saw the southerners as traitors and many people w...

Day 24 May 14 2013 Hue to Ha Thin Recently I (re) befriended an old schoolmate called Ted Wesselius who I shared my school bench with in grade 5. We were friends in those day and made contact again about 50 years later via the Dutch School bank (school bench) website. We have shared many a stories already and share the same witty sense of humor. Why is this relevant? Ted is married to a Vietnamese lady who hails from Hue and had asked me a while ago to see her...

Day 23 13 May 2013 Quy Nhon to Hue Did something against my principles and got lucky more than once. Now that got your attention, I guess. It all started this morning. I had loaded up the bike and pushed the bike over to the service station right next door to the hotel I was staying in. During the filling up stage a lady walked over, looked at me and pointed to the ground. Petrol was pouring out of the bike. I hastily turned off the petrol tap and looked we...