Exploring More Of Vietnam, Part 4.

Evening in Hue

Yhe perfume River as the sun goes down.

One of the things that is a must while in Hue is to spend the evening down beside the Perfume River, the boats come and go continuously. There is a night market under the Truong Tien Bridge. It's so full of life and it is most worthwhile if you are buying tourist souvenirs.

The fruit ladies do a great job of presenting their fruit.
Mangoes and plums today.

There is poetry in the way these ladies sell their wares.

Truong Tien Bridge at its best.

Truong Tien Bridge

We enjoyed spending our evenings here taking photos as the sun went down. The Perfume River puts on a great display. The following photos were
all taken around the bridge which was built by the French. At least one local explained that this was the reason it looked like the Eiffel Tower, I think he was referring to the metal girders. But whichever way you look at it, the bridge is a real hub of the local life.

Night time arrives and the Perfume river comes alive.

The bridge comes alive and feeds the life of the people.

After our photos during our last night in Hue, we wandered until we found a restaurant that looked interesting. It was hot and we chose one that was closed in with air conditioning. What a great choice we made. The kitchen was on full display and we enjoyed watching the cooks at work. The meal was very good, as they mostly are in this country. We decided to end with a local coffee. We do enjoy their drip process, we made a comment on this and the girl who was looking after us said we could buy some of their coffee. Which we did, we are now enjoying this coffee back in KL.

Everyone comes out to enjoy the local market along the river. 

After our great meal we were looking for some water at one of the local shops nearby, when I just happened to look up and see a shelf full of local drip coffee mugs. We asked if they were for sale, and yes they were. After some more discussion we checked them out. They were exactly what we were looking for. It just kept on getting better, when we discussed the price it was less than half what we had argued about in the local market for three of them. No hard bargaining needed, we took 4. Everyone was happy. The lesson learned, beware of local markets, when you are white skinned, in a tourist town. Especially when you have arrived at the market with a cyclo. Some times the shops on the outside of the markets or in the next block have better prices because the locals enjoy you shopping in their shops. We had a great time in Hue, our last night here was a great end to our holiday.

There are always motorbikes on the road in Vietnam , they never sleep.