In Hue!
Well we got a chance to go out on our junk and visit Halong Bay yesterday. It was terrific! The islands look beautiful and we walked through one of the caves that was all lit up. That is definately some of the most beautiful scenery that I’ve seen... we also saw some of the fishing boat villages and boat vendors. Lunch was amazing, fresh prawns, fresh whole crab, fresh fried fish... all great! Nothing like this is available in Minnesota.
While I’m at it, Vietnam is sure technologically advanced for such a small country. Their cell phone coverage is next to none. You can use your cell phone from the most remote village that is only accessible via ferry to inside the caves in Halong Bay and out in the middle of the bay. I have never seen such amazing cell phone coverage. That’s what you get though when you have only one standard and everyone has to use that technology... peering on other antennas.
We left for the airport and Hue, getting there a bit early. Hue was hit hard with flooding, we had heard that they had up to 2 meters of water on the streets at some points! Highway 1 was flooded out and we could see the damage in the trees that had been knocked over and even a billboard that the water shot through. It was dark so I didn’t get a photo of that but hope to today as we tour. After a storm, the city becomes extremely humid... so badly that I had to change out of pants into shorts immediately.
There is a peculiar accent in Hue that surprised me when I first heard it. I heard Quang talking to the tour group in Hue on his cell and he asked if I understood any of it. It was so hard! Their way of speaking is very sing-song! They place accents in odd places and it makes it really hard to understand. I speak with a southern accent and in the north I had a decent time (only ordering the wrong item once... instead of tea, I got a certain brand of beer). i’ve been told that the Hoi An accent will also be hard.
We brought our laundry out to drop off and get it washed the next day. We then went out to find dinner... Quang, Tina, and I. Everyone else was too tired. Most of the shops were closed due to power outages from the storm. We found a little hole-in-the-wall shop and he ordered Hue specialities for us. After we ate, we had some tea and then the power shut off in the city. We finished up our meal and walked home by cell phone light... the hotels all had generators going so they were lit up.
Let’s hope that I can get some internet access in the room at some point. They can’t seem to activate my network. I’m typing this and will look for a network jack somewhere to plug in. I need to upload my photos home :)
While I’m at it, Vietnam is sure technologically advanced for such a small country. Their cell phone coverage is next to none. You can use your cell phone from the most remote village that is only accessible via ferry to inside the caves in Halong Bay and out in the middle of the bay. I have never seen such amazing cell phone coverage. That’s what you get though when you have only one standard and everyone has to use that technology... peering on other antennas.
We left for the airport and Hue, getting there a bit early. Hue was hit hard with flooding, we had heard that they had up to 2 meters of water on the streets at some points! Highway 1 was flooded out and we could see the damage in the trees that had been knocked over and even a billboard that the water shot through. It was dark so I didn’t get a photo of that but hope to today as we tour. After a storm, the city becomes extremely humid... so badly that I had to change out of pants into shorts immediately.
There is a peculiar accent in Hue that surprised me when I first heard it. I heard Quang talking to the tour group in Hue on his cell and he asked if I understood any of it. It was so hard! Their way of speaking is very sing-song! They place accents in odd places and it makes it really hard to understand. I speak with a southern accent and in the north I had a decent time (only ordering the wrong item once... instead of tea, I got a certain brand of beer). i’ve been told that the Hoi An accent will also be hard.
We brought our laundry out to drop off and get it washed the next day. We then went out to find dinner... Quang, Tina, and I. Everyone else was too tired. Most of the shops were closed due to power outages from the storm. We found a little hole-in-the-wall shop and he ordered Hue specialities for us. After we ate, we had some tea and then the power shut off in the city. We finished up our meal and walked home by cell phone light... the hotels all had generators going so they were lit up.
Let’s hope that I can get some internet access in the room at some point. They can’t seem to activate my network. I’m typing this and will look for a network jack somewhere to plug in. I need to upload my photos home :)
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