Hue to , 11th January 2023

All the information I've been able to find about Hue has led me to believe it's an absolute 'must see' place in Vietnam. Mmmm.
Of course, there are trips you can go on to visit places of interest outside the city but, for me, Hue isn't all that thrilling. There only seems to be 'The Citadel' in the centre, and a few small museums around the periphery. Imagine Windsor Castle was transplanted to the centre of, say, Reading in the U.K. I think you'll get the picture.
The weather hasn't picked either. It's almost funny to recall people from outside the U.K. (ok, one American; hardly a large sample group) saying that 'living in the U.K. is like living in a car wash'. Well, I think I know what they were meaning but I can't agree. It was raining when I arrived yesterday, and the air is still full of moisture/drizzle today.
So, it was off to the citadel via an extraordinary riverside display of dozens, maybe hundreds, of Bonsai. (You'd have been impressed Mick.) It looked like some kind of competition.
It was okay. The cycle rickshaw touts were just as annoyingly persistent, but I'm glad I went for a look around.
Lunch was good of course (photo evidence - £1:20 equivalent).
My bus to Hanoi is at 5pm today, so I'll have to get myself and this increasingly heavy rucksack around the corner to the pick-up point.Read more