Saturday 12th April
Today was our final day in Da
Nang. We didn't have to check out of the hotel until 12 pm, by which time we
needed to make our own way to Hue, 120km away.
Basically it was a free day
as long as we were all at the hotel in Hue by 7 pm. So, Tom and I decided to
try and play golf at one of the amazing golf courses around here. Finding a
place to play had been a week long process made even more difficult by the language
barrier.
Eventuality we found a course
that was sort of on the way to Hue. We rang up and tried to see if we could
play, and again with the language barrier we were pretty sure we made a
booking, but not exactly sure for what
or when.
Scott tagged along with us
and we left the hotel at about 11:30 am in a taxi that didn't exactly know
where we wanted to go. We went a bit of a roundabout way but eventually ended
up at the course.
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| Scenery on the drive |
It was quite a fancy place.
We headed inside and got all our gear including a caddy each! Scott didn't play
but came out and drove the cart around. It was an expensive but amazing
experience. The caddies were good fun
and the course was spectacular.
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| A bit of golf |
After our game we got back in
the taxi and made our way to Hue. Driving was a scary experience at some points
when the driver would overtake cars into oncoming traffic with very little room
for error. But, we made it right on 7 pm.
The city is very busy at the
moment due to the Hue Festival. There were so many scooters around I am worried
about how I will cross the road when I have to!
Our hotel is a little bit
disappointing compared to the hotel in Da Nang. The Internet is slow and the
beds are Iike lying on rocks. But at least it is somewhere to sleep.
I Skyped my family and the
Wilsons for about 45 minutes. It wasn't a very good connection so it wasn't the
easiest to hear them. The three of us then headed out for something to eat
before heading to bed.
Tomorrow we have a day off in
Hue.
- Nick
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