To Dong Hoi
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 14 Jan 2018 23:57
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To Dong
Hoi
   Late breakfast, cup of tea in
reception and a ten minute taxi journey to Hue Station for the three twenty six
train to Dong Hoi. Finally, we get to watch a Vietnamese
train come in. Soon settled in the third carriage, we have a window that
we can see out of – well half of one, Hurrah.
  We go over the river and see a dragon boat and beyond the city, paddy
fields.
 Mile upon mile of
paddy fields.
  Snack cart and stew
cart.
  One hundred and sixty eight kilometres later we pull in to yet another generic station with the usual
throng of taxi drivers. We tell them all we must go to the ticket office for our
train to Ha Noi in a few days time and they all thin out, except one, who
follows us and waits for Bear to hand our tickets to me for safe keeping in our
Passports. Off we go through another generic
town.
 A bit of light
relief at a traffic light when the chap on the top of the
shop shade (spot the chap) did a bit of spot welding, no mask, a drizzle
of sparks and not a care in the world.
   We pass loads of
wedding dress shops, some fancy boutiques and several
eateries before crossing the river.
   Our ten-storey digs stands on a very small footprint.
Bonsai mania like Hue.
  Sitting area and reception in
this fairly new hotel.
  We settled in a
room on the sixth floor. I went to check the river view – ah, only if I put my
cheek to the tiny window and squint hard right. Down I go get new room key on
eighth floor. Identical save the painting above the
bed. Boys happier, we have a side and front
window. The room is really cold, so when I take the sixth floor key card back I
ask for a heater, “No, fire risk”. OK bed fully clothed, watch a film and eat
the rolls we brought with us from breakfast. Bear had Camembert Gromit and I had
Laughing Cow – we know how to live it large.......
ALL IN ALL VERY
PLEASANT
AN EASY JOURNEY WITH RURAL
SCENERY |