Day 19 - Another lazy ish morning and down for breakfast, a nice omelette this time. We hired a couple of bikes for the day which was pretty dangerous due to the lack of rules on the road and the fact that the bikes weren't built to go in a straight line! With our strategy in place for the large bridge, we set out for the Thien Mu Pagoda which is a buddist monk temple approx 7km's from the hotel. We managed to get to the bridge junction, the lights turned green ...

Day 18 - Bit of a lazy morning as only up for breakfast at 08:45. Then it was off over the bridge to the other side of town to the glasses shop as 'someone' had decided her (oops) glasses were not right after all. Saw a fella pulling an office chair by some rope over the bridge in very heavy traffic!! The guy in the glasses shop was actually more than willing to change them which I didn't expect as we didn't have a receipt or anything. Lucky he turned up on his m...

Day 17 - Our first day in Hue - we are here a while so didn't want to rush things. We head down stairs for breakfast which consists of noodle soap, toast and homemade jam, fruit and coffee - not too bad as it's all included in our £12 a night! First stop to get me some glasses - head to a shop recommended on good old Trip Advisor (not that I'm obsessed or anything) and then proceed to try on nearly every pair in the shop. Settle on a pair of black frames and s...