Day 14: Tue 12 Nov - Hoi An to Hue

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25-27 deg C
Ride: 0km

"Transfer beyond Danang to take on Hai Van Pass and climb 500 metres over 10 kms. After lunch, turn off the main highway and take a coastal side road for 44 km almost all the way to our destination. Energetic riders will make it all the way into Hue. Climb the Hai Van Pass, ride along the peninsula to Hue. Overnight in Hue. Hotel: Duy Tan Hotel. Cycle: 60km+"

We were at breakfast early than usual as we had a 7:30am start. We were supposed to ride away from the hotel for 20km, however, it was still raining quite heavily, so we opted for the bus. We arrived at Danang Beach, and five brave souls rode away about 30 minutes later; they were keen to ride the Hai Van Pass. Alas, the rain gods were not listening, and about 7km later the riders had to stop and take shelter in a coffee shop. By this time, however, the bus had gone straight past them as the driver did not know they had stopped. We did a u-turn about 10km up the road and caught up with the riders, before all continuing in the bus.

Lunch was had at another very local truck-stop restaurant, with far too much food. About 90 minutes later we were at our hotel for the night (another late change to the itinerary), the Asia Hotel Hue, and were checked into room #805. We unpacked, did some admin then met up with the others to take a walk around Hue, especially along the river. 3km later we were back in our room, a little sweaty.

We walked about 450m to dinner where we had traditional Hue fare, and far too much of it. Back to the hotel to the SkyBar on the 7th floor for a post-dinner drink before hitting the sack.

Corridor in our hotel this morning

Breakfast bar this morning


Waiting, out of the torrential rain, for the bus to arrive


First bike lane we've seen beside the road

Flooding from the ex-Typhoon that hit Manilla recently

Sculptures at a workshop for kids affected by Agent Orange








Danang Beach





View from East West Brewing Company where Wendy had a very nice cappuccino

Rope ends hanging from the ceiling at the brewing company

Bridge

Human-operated boom gates for the railway

We think this might be the Re-unification Express, the same one we will ride on tomorrow night

Another bridge


Rail tracks

Lunch Stop



Room #805 Asia Hotel Hue



View from the SkyBar on the 7th floor

Pool on the 7th floor

Function venue on 11th floor

Our Hotel

River walk pics




































Comments

  1. AnonymousNovember 13, 2024 at 12:17 PM

    Wow …. The walk looks great ….. even I may have attempted to do that. Such different architecture from your Europe trips hey?

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