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Sleeper Bus Hell and Hanoi, Vietnam
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but for the latter part of the trip I took diazepam on every journey. This was because of the night bus journey from Hue to Hanoi. I should have known it would be shit – I mean, to an anxious traveller with an anxious bladder, all Vietnamese bus Continue reading
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Comfy Beds & Concubines: Hue, Vietnam
(Can I just say, that title is possibly my favourite in eight years of blogging.) I really liked Hue, because our visit contained my favourite things: old buildings and comfortable dorm rooms. Our hostel was Wild West-themed and I’m not convinced white people should be appropriating Native American culture any more than we already have, Continue reading
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Yes, That is a Swastika | The Marble Mountains and Train to Hue, Vietnam
The Marble Mountains While we were in Danang a friend recommended that we visit the the Marble Mountains, and since mountains are made to be climbed, etc, we went for it. Each of the five pagoda-topped mountains is named after the element it’s supposed to represent, and although they are genuinely made from marble, most Continue reading
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