Monday, December 25, 2006
13 December, 2006
The drive was very scenic and the first stop was Marble Mountain. It was used as a VC hospital during the War and before that as a religious site. There are several concrete Buddahs and carved stone within the caves of Cham origin. We didn’t have much time but investigated as much as we could through the dark alleys and rocks. We continued the bus journey passing green fields and cows and farmlands and it was gorgeous. We found a really posh hotel (not) for $13 but it was perfect. The weather was rainy but we didn’t let that stop us from visiting the famous Thien Mu Pagoda and the Citadel. We walked around and got soaked since we didn’t take our raincoats. This city is quite pretty but there is no beach just a river and I guess it would probably look prettier in the sunshine. There were lots of restaurants and we decided to go for Italian – it was quite good. We were not sorry to be leaving the next day since Hue is really a one-day kind of town and most people go there in order to get a tour to the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
The drive was very scenic and the first stop was Marble Mountain. It was used as a VC hospital during the War and before that as a religious site. There are several concrete Buddahs and carved stone within the caves of Cham origin. We didn’t have much time but investigated as much as we could through the dark alleys and rocks. We continued the bus journey passing green fields and cows and farmlands and it was gorgeous. We found a really posh hotel (not) for $13 but it was perfect. The weather was rainy but we didn’t let that stop us from visiting the famous Thien Mu Pagoda and the Citadel. We walked around and got soaked since we didn’t take our raincoats. This city is quite pretty but there is no beach just a river and I guess it would probably look prettier in the sunshine. There were lots of restaurants and we decided to go for Italian – it was quite good. We were not sorry to be leaving the next day since Hue is really a one-day kind of town and most people go there in order to get a tour to the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
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