Went to the big floating pavalova for brekkie. Basically a hotel style buffet but the food was of pretty good standard. Sue wasn't well so Daniel and Steve set out to explore the citadel. It was pouring rain (the first since being in Hue) and so a cab was the best way to go. As luck would have it, we stepped out of the cab right next to the cyclo driver from the day before. He recognised Steve and greeted him cheerfully, obviously keen to make another sale with t...

Had a lazy start to the day. Missed brekkie at the hotel (what a shame) and went to the DMZ for yummy banana crepes and omlettes. Daniel wasn't feeling well so he decided to stay at the hotel for now while Sue and Steve grabbed a cab to the markets. It was very hot again today. Sue commented that if this was their autumn, I don't think we'd cope in summer. The local markets were very crammed and stuffy. We were on the hunt for a soft-sided travel bag (mainly to ...

Early start to be ready in time for our super discounted bus tour of the city. Brekkie was about what we anticipated and since our expectations had been lowered so far, we've decided to ditch the hotel buffet brekkie for the rest of our stay here and go out to some local restaurants instead. Their menu's look good and are affordable. With a country so abundant in fresh fruit and veg, hotels serving reconstituted fruit drink just doesn't cut it. Everywhere else ha...

We had to make a dash back to the markets as we found a small split in one of the seams of Sue's dresses. As we were walking out, there was our clothes lady having brekkie at the cafe next to the hotel. She spotted us & waved, took the dress for us & will drop it back to the hotel in an hour. She suggested that the popped seam was because Sue pulled too hard getting the dress on but we don't think that was the case. We were all just relieved that we didn'...