After we left Nha Trang we headed up to Hoi An. It's a really quiet little town on a river, but its very picturesque and lined with tailor shops. You can literally get anything made for you in 24hrs for about 5 to 10 pounds! Its amazing and their craftsmanship and attention to detail is out of this world. Hoi An is all about the architecture, which truly is beautiful so please look out for the pictures!
After a relaxing day in Hoi An, we headed up to Hue, which was great, it was much less of a touristic place and therefore we really got to see how Vietnamese people live, especially when we headed across the bridge into the old town. Whilst there we went into the old palace, that was destroyed in the Vietnam war, but they have been working hard for the past 15 years to restore and it really is a stunning place, especially the grounds inside known as the forbidden Purple city, which was the place that only the king and his family were allowed, talk about luxury even for all those years ago!! It was here that we got to really sample lots of traditional Vietnamese food and also master the use of chopsticks, even for rice. No meal will ever be the same when i return to knives and forks!
After a few days here we were planning to get a 17hr sleeping bus to Hanoi, but in central Vietnam, they suffered really bad floods, where 26 people in total died. This had an affect on the buses and trains and they were all cancelled for 2/3 days. So our only option was to fly up to the north. We had to back track slightly (3hrs) to Danang, which was totally the most non-touristic place we have seen and fly to Hanoi.
Which is where i am currently!
Which is where i am currently!
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