Day 12 - Hanoi to Hue

Explored the Old Quarter this morning for a few hours, but it was VERY hot and steamy, so back to the hotel to freshen up. Pickup for airport was at 11 am for a 1pm flight.

Unfortunately the plane was delayed by 35 minutes, so not a good start to the 1 hour flight. Then as we were preparing to land at Hue, the engines suddenly roared, and we gained altitude again. Long and short, we went through to Da Nang, landed, waited, refuelled, then back to Hue, finally landing around 5 pm. There had been a bad storm in Hue, and at the last minute, they decided it wasn't safe to land. Completely lost an afternoon :(

About 6pm by the time we had checked in and found the essentials in our room. Lovely view, but no wifi in the room. Went off to find Hang Me restaurant as recommended on another blog. Genuine local food: bahn beo, bahn nem and one other - based on glutinous rice. One was even wrapped in banana leaf, and the ladies had to show us how to eat them! Dinner cost a total of $4.50, including 2 soft drinks.

Back at the hotel, trying to sort out Internet yet again!! A family down in the lobby tell us they can access wifi from another source nearby from their room. Success at last!