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| Perfume River, Vietnam |
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| Perfume River, Vietnam |
Our
tour then took us down the Perfume River. (it’s called the Perfume River because
beautiful smelling flowers float down it giving the river a sweet scent) We traveled in a
wacky looking dragon boat. It was a joyful time looking out at the banks and the
river and it did smell good.
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| Perfume River, Vietnam |
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| Perfume River, Vietnam |
The boat was run by three generations of a family
all working together. They were also selling clothes and things on the boat.
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| Perfume River, Vietnam |
We
were then taken to a Palace called Hoang Thanh which is being restored because
it was bombed during the Vietnam war. My husband and I asked if we could break
away from the tour because I had a list of things I wanted to see. The tour
guide agreed telling us to be at the bus at 3:15.
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| Palace Hoang Thanh in Hue, Vietnam |
Well after just a few minutes I realized that that was not going to be enough time, we could never walk fast enough. So we looked around seeing one tiny horse and carriage with a very colorful looking driver we decided to run over. We agreed on a price and the stops we wanted and then off we went bells ringing and huffs clumping.
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| Palace Hoang Thanh in Hue, Vietnam |
We’d leap out and run through the gates take a quick look at that part of the palace then back to the horse. It was hysterical. Even our driver was laughing at our craziness.
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| Palace Hoang Thanh in Hue, Vietnam |
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| Palace Hoang Thanh in Hue, Vietnam |
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| Palace Hoang Thanh in Hue, Vietnam |
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| Palace Hoang Thanh in Hue, Vietnam |
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| Palace Hoang Thanh in Hue, Vietnam |
We did get to see much more of the palace then we would have on the tour but I could have spent many more hours there.
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| Palace Hoang Thanh in Hue, Vietnam |
So I digress. We had to get back to the bus by 3:15 but when the horse and driver
dropped us off at the gate it was a different one and I had no idea where we
were and it was 3:10. So across the street we saw these bikes with two seats and
drivers. We checked on the price and seeing our great need the price was high so we
started running. It was also very, very hot so we weren't running fast though
it felt like it. One of the bikes came up beside us and we started bargaining with
him as we ran. Soon a price was decided upon and we jumped on.
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| Us on the two seated bike. |
Thank goodness
because it was a lot farther then we had thought. He rode us through some
twisting and turning streets then down a main drag that if we would have had
time to think about it we may not have deemed it safe. My husband and I couldn't stop laughing even though we were worried our tour would not wait. We
did make it and it was well worth all the craziness.
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| Chan May |
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| Chan May |
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