We have left our trusty truck Calypso in Laos as it cannot enter Vietnam. Instead we boarded an air conditioned luxuey coach and headed to the border. No real problems so we entered Vietnam and headed for our first stop Hue. Anyone as old as me will probably remember the battle for Hue during the tet offensive. 10,000 died there. The city was very lively and on the first night we had a nice meal followed by a number of cocktails, thank god for happy hour in Asia. The next day we looked around the Imperial Palace which was very interesting but in quite blistering heat. We followed this bit of history by visiting the KFC! Another bout of cocktails in the evening. Our last full day in Hue was a boat trip up the Perfumed river. The boat was interesting and had plastic garden chairs and a vast array of goods for sale. You cannot walk two paces in this part of the world without someone trying to sell you something. We pulled in near the Tu Doc tomb where we boarded the back of motorcycles for a hair raising trip to the tomb. Quite a journey.
We visited a Budhist Pergola on the trip back to Hue.
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