SE ASIA Pt. 6 - Vietnam (Huế)

Yup, haven't posted anything for a good couple of months - you noticed?. Not going to justify why, lets just get straight into it.

Ok, well im upto part six in documenting my South East Asian travels from earlier in the year, and for those who have been wanting to see more, I apologise for the delay. For those who don't give a shit, well fuck you. For those who are new to my blog, please check out the links below which direct you to the first five parts of my backpacking journey.

SE ASIA Pt. 1 - Intro

SE ASIA Pt. 2 - Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)

SE ASIA Pt. 3 - Vietnam (Đà Lạt)

SE ASIA Pt. 4 - Vietnam (Nha Trang)

SE ASIA Pt. 5 - Vietnam (Hội An)

Huế Huế Huế! Ok lets just quickly recap, from Hội An we jumped into a mini-bus which dropped us off in Đà Nẵng. We then journied via train 4.5 hours up the coast to reach our next destination, Huế. Jumped on the back of a scooter with my pack and got dropped off into the Hotel district. Found some cheap accomodation, dumped my pack and headed out to explore and get some photos. Oh if you're in the area, check out Mandarin Cafe owned by Mr. Cu (famous Vietnamese photographer). Had a chat to Mr. Cu and he mentioned that the river is magic for photography during dusk and dawn. So grabbed an early feed at his place and then hit up the river way.

Woke up at 5am the next day to go on the DMZ tour (demilitarized zone). I was basically on a bus from 6 am to about 7 pm, with stops here and there. It was a shit tour, next time I will hire my own guide and do the tour myself. I know, you know, everyone knows.. that group tours are shit, yet why the fuck do I keep going on them. WACK.
Third day, we hired fixed gear bikes (1USD) and road atleast 30 km in 37 degree heat and riduculously high humidity, to check out the ancient tombs and the citidel of Huế.
So yeah, spent 3 days/2 nights in Huế before booking our trip to one of my favourite places in SE Asia, Hà Nội! Not many words for this post compared the to the previous I know. Don't really have many words at the moment, but hey.. atleast I'm posting again? I pomise you there will be more, a lot more... from now on. Oh on a side note, looking back at the photo's I took during the trip.. a lot of the shots were out of focus (I was shooting manual focus pretty much all the time with the D60). I have to admit, while I'm not pro.. I look back at these photos and think to myself that I have definately improved my photography game significantly. Just wish I knew then, what I know now. This is always the case in life right...

Peace.