Heading to Hue......

So after our late night last night and a few too many scotches, I awoke slightly dusty at 7am. I had to read yesterdays blog to make sure it made sense as I wrote half of it a little bit inebriated. Kong took us to one of his friends (who we met last night) mothers restaurant in a quiet area on the river. It is a Japanese/Vietnamese fusion and was just beautiful. We then went to the Organic Vegetable Garden Village for a look and it was really interesting. It is 400 years old and all the people in the village tend the massive gardens and it was just really cool. After walking through the gardens we were given this really delicious water drink that had fresh mint and lemon basil seeds which go a little bit like Chia seeds when wet. Unfortunately we could not stay long as we were catching a bus at 1pm. We headed back to Kongs place where we said our goodbyes to everyone. We had such a great stay with Jason & Co and were a bit sad to leave. Hopefully one day they will come to Australia and we can return their hospitality. We took our backpacks to the bus stop and then took our neat little moped back to the hire place. It was only a short walk to the bus and we needn't have hurried as we sat there for nearly 2 hours as the bus was getting fixed. And sitting on a vinyl lounge in what felt like 50 degree heat with 100% humidity was not pleasant. I don't think I have ever been so hot and sweated so much.....ever. Finally the bus came which is just a normal bus this time as it is only a 3 hour trip. And yipee, vinyl seats and bad airconditioning.....and it was the most uncomfortable bus trip ever. We drove though a big storm which was great because when we got off the bus it had cooled down heaps. We got shown a room in a motel right near the bus stop and for $10 it was pretty good....although we are changing rooms tomorrow for a bigger one with a balcony, a shower over the bath and free breakfast for an extra $4. After a desperately needed shower we went in search of food and finally settled on a traditional Hue and vegetarian restaurant. The food was nice and just what we needed as we hadn't eaten since the morning. Walking back to the hotel a Cyclo rider asked if we wanted to have a ride but as were only a block from our hotel he jumped off and told Tanya to ride and me to get in and he also sat on the front too....it was really cool and he didn't even try and scam money out of us. So hopefully we will see him tomorrow night and we will pay him to take us for a ride around the city.