We drove back up through Danang and stopped at China Beach for a kodak moment. I actually think the only reason we stopped was because I told Giang my mum wanted a photo of china beach so we stopped specially :)
On the way to Hue we stopped at an area called Marble Mountain which is actually a collection of mountains named after the elements. The area is full of marble but the marble mountains are protected. We headed up the main hill and climbed a fair few steps but since Giang had told us it'd be 1000 and it was far less it didn't seem like many steps at all. There were some beautiful temples at the top and a cave where the light shone through a hole in the top to create a spectacular effect.
Once in Hue we had a walk up the perfume river (apparently the prettiest river in Vietnam) and checked out their famous bridge. I also shot my second favourite photo of my trip, a boat on the perfume river at sunset. We then went for a royal banquet dinner. At a royal dinner you get all dressed up in traditional royal clothes, two people get to be king & queen and the rest are princesses, concubines and other royal members. It was lots of fun and we had traditional Vietnamese musicians for entertainment.
Decided to head for a drink after dinner and ended up at the DMZ cafe which is a western pub on the river where you write messages on the walls. My name is now permanently etched in Vietnam.
We drove back up through Danang and stopped at China Beach for a kodak moment. I actually think the only reason we stopped was because I told Giang my mum wanted a photo of china beach so we stopped specially :)
On the way to Hue we stopped at an area called Marble Mountain which is actually a collection of mountains named after the elements. The area is full of marble but the marble mountains are protected. We headed up the main hill and climbed a fair few steps but since Giang had told us it'd be 1000 and it was far less it didn't seem like many steps at all. There were some beautiful temples at the top and a cave where the light shone through a hole in the top to create a spectacular effect.
Once in Hue we had a walk up the perfume river (apparently the prettiest river in Vietnam) and checked out their famous bridge. I also shot my second favourite photo of my trip, a boat on the perfume river at sunset. We then went for a royal banquet dinner. At a royal dinner you get all dressed up in traditional royal clothes, two people get to be king & queen and the rest are princesses, concubines and other royal members. It was lots of fun and we had traditional Vietnamese musicians for entertainment.
Decided to head for a drink after dinner and ended up at the DMZ cafe which is a western pub on the river where you write messages on the walls. My name is now permanently etched in Vietnam.
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