Huế

We got the train up to Hue, which was incredibly slow, lucky though as it meant we could look at the stunning scenery. Hue was much quieter than Hoi An, a very interesting city resonating the glories of imperial Vietnam, even though a lot was destroyed in the American War, but has has undergone a massive rebuild over the last 20 years.
We stayed on the Perfume River, and did a picturesque boat trip down to the city.
Here touts are less of a bother and it felt a little bit more like the real Vietnam, not just a tourist theme park, like in Hoi An.
However, it turned out we were still quite a big deal, as we stumbled upon a local festival, Otto and Freda were jumped upon to pose for pics, check out the video of Otto. The poor little mite is getting quite a bit of attention, a lot of it is because people don’t know what he is!! Women have been approaching him and then grabbing hold of his nether region to check!!!
So anyway we got to thinking that we would like to get off the beaten track a bit, away from the pappz!! The only way to do that here is by motorbike!!!! Really with kids hear you cry? I’m afraid so, we booked a 3 day tour with the Easy Riders and three amazing guys rode us all over central Vietnam. We got to hang out in areas not many tourist visit, sampling local food at local prices!! We learnt a bit about the Vietnamese. The politics, wars, governments etc. We rode from town to beach, beach to mountains. Navigating the DMZ area, learning about the resilience of the people, visiting the incredible Vinh Moc tunnels! Simply amazing. Otto took a massive shine to his and my driver Khanh, even called him the other Daddy! We were very sad when he left and we had to parent again! Until next time 😘En savoir plus