Hue

We took the overnight sleeper bus from Hanoi to Hue which was a novel experience. On the bus where there should be seats, there are beds, amazing. They somehow manged to overbook the bus and some people had to sleep in the aisles. They were incensed but I was not surprised as this had and would become the norm in this part of the world.

Hue, called “the old emperor city” is really not so old. It was built in 1802 as the capital of the kingdom and modeled on the Forbidden City in Beijing.

We walked around the Citadel which was very interresting and beautiful and went for some lunch at a restaurant run by these deaf mute people. The food was great and when you leave they give you a bottle opener made of a piece of wood with a bolt on one end. It's such a great idea and they have an album with them with pictures that people have sent in from round the world opening beers.