{"id":6377,"date":"2017-08-04T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T19:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=6377"},"modified":"2026-02-03T07:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:13:11","slug":"hue-khe-sanh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/hue-khe-sanh\/","title":{"rendered":"From Hue to Khe Sanh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Had a good breakfast at Vu Homestay at the outskirts of Hue. After that, it was time to load the bike and drive to A L\u01b0\u1edbi to meet a friend for lunch.<\/p>\n

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\nClose to the guesthouse in Hue, one finds the remains of a business idea that didn\u2019t work too well.<\/p>\n

\"Little <\/picture>
\nThi\u0323 xa\u0303 Hu\u031bo\u031bng Thu\u0309y over the river<\/p>\n

\"Farming <\/picture>
\nFarming cuts into the forest<\/p>\n

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\nStopped in A L\u01b0\u1edbi to meet Rin for lunch. Thank you very much – that was a nice lunch break. A L\u01b0\u1edbi is on the Ho Chi Minh Highway again. So up up North it was!<\/p>\n

\"On <\/picture>
\nOn the Ho Chi Minh Highway – The locals dry grass, which will become brooms later<\/p>\n

\"Not <\/picture>
\nNot a lot of traffic here<\/p>\n

\"Lots <\/picture>
\nLots of farmland left and right of the river<\/p>\n

\"Not <\/picture>
\nNot a lot of forest is left at this part of the road<\/p>\n

\"Tet <\/picture>
\nTet decoration in the villages along the road. Here we are on the outskirts of Ta Ay.<\/p>\n

\"More <\/picture>
\nMore or less original forest<\/p>\n

\"Blue <\/picture>
\nBlue sky and green forest<\/p>\n

\"Still <\/picture>
\nIn a little village in Qua\u0309ng Tri\u0323 province. Still a lot of unexploded ammunition in the ground.<\/p>\n

\"A <\/picture>
\nA new “traditional” town hall<\/p>\n

\"Small <\/picture>
\nA small farming village over the river<\/p>\n

\"The <\/picture>
\nThe water does look clean!<\/p>\n

\"I <\/picture>
\nI can not really see a lot of improvement. Looks almost like 1 year ago.<\/p>\n

\"A
\nThis was last winter<\/p>\n

\"Empty <\/picture>
\nEmpty roads – cruising the left right left right of the HCM Highway, and sometimes the road is like this – so you do not have to steer for a minute or so.<\/p>\n

\"On <\/picture>
\nOn the way to Khe Sanh<\/p>\n

\"Ngoc <\/picture>
\nNgoc Chau Guesthouse in Khe Sanh<\/p>\n

\"My <\/picture>
\nMy room at the Ngoc Chau Guesthouse in Khe Sanh. Sports a TV, hot shower, toilet, fan, Wifi and AC for 6 US $. Much better than last year, when I had to fork out 16$ for the worst night’s sleep in Vietnam. But the other place was with breakfast – this one without.<\/p>\n

\"My <\/picture><\/p>\n

\"Ngoc <\/picture><\/p>\n

\"Bathroom <\/picture><\/p>\n

Todays Drive<\/h2>\n

166 km in 6 hours and 16 minutes, including lunch, photo stops, as well as a Gas stop<\/p>\n