So far this is my favorite stop in Vietnam. It's only 3 hours away from Hue but it is far more charming. Of course there are more tourists shops but people are nice and not intrusive.
The river side part is just great and if you avoid the big motor boats for tourists you find a small wooden one with ladies that go under bridges like in the photo below:
We took up her offer and it was the highlight of my tourist week. The lady (of only 37 years) turn out to be super nice and funny. We toured the river for about an hour with her telling us about Vietnam before and now. She used to live on a boat and life was difficult, during the rain season it was dangerous. See us below:
Now with money from tourists she managed to get into a small house (that she showed us - it was a bit more than the size of 1 bedroom) and put her two kids into school. She has an amazing laughter, very contagious too. Then it started to rain.
It started to rain like only Asia knows. We hopped onto a bigger boat and sat there and waited for the rain to go. It was great. We made fun of each other, I realized I liked Vietnamese humour and that so far people here are nicer than in Thailand.
This is Gene. A fellow backpacker whom I teamed up the last 2/3 days.
So far this is my favorite stop in Vietnam. It's only 3 hours away from Hue but it is far more charming. Of course there are more tourists shops but people are nice and not intrusive.
The river side part is just great and if you avoid the big motor boats for tourists you find a small wooden one with ladies that go under bridges like in the photo below:
We took up her offer and it was the highlight of my tourist week. The lady (of only 37 years) turn out to be super nice and funny. We toured the river for about an hour with her telling us about Vietnam before and now. She used to live on a boat and life was difficult, during the rain season it was dangerous. See us below:
Now with money from tourists she managed to get into a small house (that she showed us - it was a bit more than the size of 1 bedroom) and put her two kids into school. She has an amazing laughter, very contagious too. Then it started to rain.
It started to rain like only Asia knows. We hopped onto a bigger boat and sat there and waited for the rain to go. It was great. We made fun of each other, I realized I liked Vietnamese humour and that so far people here are nicer than in Thailand.
This is Gene. A fellow backpacker whom I teamed up the last 2/3 days.
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