Hoi An --> Hue
Best start to the day ever. I wondered into an English lesson for young (9-ish) kids and was invited in to chat to the kids and help teach them English. There were so many interesting conversations,
plus for shocked faces when I said I was 22 (they'd only learned up to 20 so had to check on a special number chart how old I was. I didn't realise that from such a young age the kids have both English and Vietnamese names - still not sure whether they choose their own English names or whether their parents / teachers choose them.
Finally made it to Hue after a bus journey where the driver asked us
to switch off the aircon "to save power for the engine to get us up
the hill", and then when we put it back on it gave up, making for an
extremely sweaty / legs-stuck-to-the-seat last two hours.
When I got to Hue I switched on the hotel TV and found a very young
Vietnamese girl singing "I'm a barbie girl" on stage. Amusing enough
in itself, but even more so when I realised she'd confused the word
"creation" with "cremation". Also quite creepy.
After this I did the citadel in Hue, which was all very nice and very chinese.
I ordered porridge for a joke at a restaurant. It was more like
risotto with fatty bits of pork. Not great. Not porridge.
Best start to the day ever. I wondered into an English lesson for young (9-ish) kids and was invited in to chat to the kids and help teach them English. There were so many interesting conversations,
plus for shocked faces when I said I was 22 (they'd only learned up to 20 so had to check on a special number chart how old I was. I didn't realise that from such a young age the kids have both English and Vietnamese names - still not sure whether they choose their own English names or whether their parents / teachers choose them.
Finally made it to Hue after a bus journey where the driver asked us
to switch off the aircon "to save power for the engine to get us up
the hill", and then when we put it back on it gave up, making for an
extremely sweaty / legs-stuck-to-the-seat last two hours.
When I got to Hue I switched on the hotel TV and found a very young
Vietnamese girl singing "I'm a barbie girl" on stage. Amusing enough
in itself, but even more so when I realised she'd confused the word
"creation" with "cremation". Also quite creepy.
After this I did the citadel in Hue, which was all very nice and very chinese.
I ordered porridge for a joke at a restaurant. It was more like
risotto with fatty bits of pork. Not great. Not porridge.
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