Day 217 June 14th 2007, The Bus is Cheap for a Reason - Hoi An to Hue

For $2 you can enjoy a luxury bus trip to Hue, the old capital of Vietnam. The highlights of this 150km bus journey include

A tour of the city to pick everyone up - 1 hour
A stop at a local garage to mess about with one of thew wheels - 30 mins
A stop off at a friends cafe on route - 30 mins
The actual drive - 2 hours


As you can imagine you are not in the best of moods after this sort of journey, you are certainly not in the mood for the fun and games that start once you get off the bus. One of the tricks in Vietnam is to copy the name of successful hotels and then try and trick you into staying there. What these hotel owners fail to realize is that backpackers actually know this and read the guidebooks, surprise surprise this hotel isn't where its supposed to be on the map.

The next trick is to try and convince you that the hotel you want in 5km away and you need a taxi. Again the map tells me its in the next street.


There was some sort of festival on in Hue, outside each of the shops and houses the owners had little fires going, with the poor street lighting it actually looked pretty nice. It probably also helped with the rubbish issue.

Highlights: Getting off that damn bus