{"id":6705,"date":"2017-10-01T20:31:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T19:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=6705"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:00:41","slug":"from-dong-hoi-to-hue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/from-dong-hoi-to-hue\/","title":{"rendered":"From \u0110\u1ed3ng H\u1edbi to Hu\u1ebf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Good bye, Ocean View Homestay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Slow<\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was blue and sunny! I had my slow drip Vietnamese Coffee in the garden of the Ocean View Homestay in \u0110\u1ed3ng H\u1edbi. It was a great day to drive down to Hue\u0302\u0301.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Good<\/picture>
Good morning, sweety – see you again :-) Hard to say Adios to this little fluffy ball of a dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time to hit the Road<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Told the Google Lady that I wanted to go along the ocean as much as possible. She had her own ideas, but with some tweaking, we were good to go! Thank you, Trang, for the discount!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Monument<\/picture>
Monument in \u0110\u1ed3ng H\u1edbi at the beach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Monument<\/picture>
OK! Why like this?? Seals? In Vietnam?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Getting<\/picture>
Getting from the coast to the main road in \u0110\u1ed3ng H\u1edbi. I shall take another road next time. Google Lady was fine with it. I had to go super slow and fight with the red dust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"At<\/picture>
At the QL1 outside of Gia Ninh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sport<\/picture>
Sports hall in H\u1ed3 X\u00e1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

One of the many Martyrs Cemeteries along the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Martyrs<\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\"Soldier<\/picture>
Soldier graveyard in H\u1ea3i Ch\u01b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Every<\/picture>
Every single one has a story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"There<\/picture>
There are so many all over the country<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/picture>
The beach at Qu\u1ed1c Ph\u00f2ng<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"One<\/picture>
Another ruin along the coast road towards Gi\u00eam H\u00e0. All over Vietnam, along the coast, I saw so many abandoned building projects. Not sure why they have so many of them here. They start the project and run out of money? Or was it not enough money to handle the local officials after they started to build? The other strange thing is that you see so many empty or almost empty hotels along the beach. It might be that I am not here for the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/picture>
Somebody expected a lot of tourists here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Monument<\/picture>
Monument in C\u1eeda Vi\u1ec7t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"They<\/picture>
They all look the same at the beach in Monument in C\u1eeda Vi\u1ec7t. How can you remember the one from the day before?? And how does that make you stand out?? STRANGE!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"War<\/picture>
War memorial in C\u1eeda Vi\u1ec7t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Another<\/picture>
Another War Memorial in Ph\u00fa H\u1ed9i<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Detail<\/picture>
Details of the Memorial – A Russian tank comes out of the waves!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grave Road<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Took a left from the DT64 to an unnamed small road that leads into the rice fields. Beautiful Chinese graves all over the place! Small ones and very big ones. I have to do this part again next year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rice<\/picture>
Rice Field in Tri\u1ec7u Tr\u1ea1ch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"End<\/picture>
End of the road – but a good spot for some pictures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Grave<\/picture>
Grave in the Rice Fields<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Another<\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\"Graves<\/picture>
Graves in a rice field<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"War<\/picture>
War Cemetery in Tri\u1ec7u Tr\u1ea1ch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"War<\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\"Another<\/picture>
Another one of those monuments along the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"And<\/picture>
And they are getting more and more interesting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Further<\/picture>
Further down the road – a Duck pond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cycling<\/picture>
Cycling home after work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of Churches as well<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"Nh\u00e0<\/picture>
Nh\u00e0 Th\u1edd Gi\u00e1o X\u1ee9 Nh\u1ea5t T\u00e2y<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nh\u00e0<\/picture>
Nh\u00e0 Th\u1edd Gi\u00e1o X\u1ee9 Nh\u1ea5t \u0110\u00f4ng<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Another<\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\"Another<\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\"A<\/picture>
A lot of Graves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A<\/picture>
A few more minutes till Hu\u1ebf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanh An 2 Guesthouse in Hue\u0302\u0301<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I was very happy to pick the Thanh An 2 Guesthouse in Hue. The owners are super friendly. The room was only $6, and breakfast was an extra $1. They made me a vegetarian breakfast, and the coffee was good. My room had no private bathroom – you have to go a few stairs down. But a super balcony. The hotel is on a small, dead-end street all the way at the end. This way it is super quiet during the day and night. And since the neighbors all have a lot of green on their balconies, it is nice to sit and relax on the balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"My<\/picture>
My bed at the Thanh An 2 Guesthouse in Hue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"My<\/picture>
I think the last swan I had on my bed was in Egypt a loooong time ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"My<\/picture>
My balcony at the Thanh An 2 Guesthouse in Hue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"It<\/picture>
It was a bit humid, so there was a mushroom growing out of the chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"At<\/picture>
At the French Caf\u00e8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"German<\/picture>
German Beer?? I do not think so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Comes<\/picture>
Comes with a soup, and it was only $1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s Drive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

205 Kilometers in 6 hours and 42 minutes with lots of photo stops as well as coffee and gas stops<\/p>\n\n\n\n