We were up and about early in the morning and first went to see our linen jackets. They had turned out pretty well and we were pleased with the job Mrs Lan had done with them. We decided to send the jackets back to the UK via air mail so that the jackets wouldn't get damaged during the rest of our back packing. In total, for the making and shipping of the jackets, they cost about £25 each. Not bad for my first tailored jacket. Once the jackets had been sorted we headed off for the long ride to Hue. The journey was pretty incredible, as we travelled through the Hai Van pass, which is a spectacular coastal road. During the Top Gear Vietnam special clarkson described it as "...a deserted ribbon of perfection — one of the best coast roads in the world". The views over the bay were just breath taking. After the pass we continued on our way and stopped off at Marble Mountain. Basically a huge marble outcrop in an otherwise flat terrain. We climbed up towards the top, with plenty of pagodas to be seen and various Buddha statues carved from the marble. The views from the top made the climb up worth it, but we were keen to keep to budget and shot off again after a brief 30mins of looking around. We carried on without any incidents, doing the odd stint on the mental Highway 1. Towards the last leg of the journey we turned off the highway and went down a dirt track to find the Elephant springs. They sounded like they would be a strong tourist attraction, but after a few minutes of driving down this dirt track our expectations began to differ. After around 10minutes of this dirt track (and not being entirely convinced that we were on the right track) we finally found a huge car park filled with bikes and buses. We parked up and wandered down towards the beginning of the springs and found them to be rammed with locals. It appeared that the fact that it was a bit out the way, we were the only tourists there amongst hundreds locals. The spring was a fresh water stream that had huge boulders pushed into it to make pools of water behind the dams. There were lots of levels and different stages of the river with different sized pools. Tom and I walked up until we found the largest and jumped into that one. It was amazingly refreshing after having been on the dusty roads for so long. We were just about the only punters there, but the locals were really friendly and didn't mind us being there. After an hour spent in the spring we headed back to the bikes and resumed the journey to Hue. We arrived late afternoon, again without hiccups and found our way into a private double room as our dorm room had been double booked. A serious result considering we didn't have to pay any more money for the bonus. We grabbed some dinner in the hostel and spoke to a few guys before going to bed in preparation for the next day.