Wednesday, February 23, 2005
when the seagulls follow the trawler
So, onward we sail to Hue, the old Imperial capital of Vietnam no less.
Our journey there was enlivened, to say the least, by the behaviour of the French guy sitting in front of us. Most people noticed when the bus driver tried to overtake a slow moving truck on a bend. And everyone noticed when he did it a second time. Our French friend decided that action was required. Leaping from his seat he ran down the aisle and shouted at the driver to be more careful. Clearly this didn't have much effect, as minutes later we tried to pull out on another blind bend. This time the French guy really lost it. He launched back down the aisle and on reaching the driver, aimed a karate kick at his head. Now, I'll readily admit to not being the most patient of people with the locals at times, but this was taking things to an extreme somewhat.
There followed a rather bizzare stand off while the French guy calmed down and the driver looked rather bemused by it all. Needless to say it didn't make the slightest bit of differnce and we still drove the whole way in ridiculous kamikaze mode.
Hue - apparently the food capital of Vietnam. In between dodging the first rain we'd seen since the start of November, we put this to the test. Sadly our restaurant, 'the most interesting place in town', proved to be hugely disappointing. Staffed by a deaf mute family and with walls covered with traveller graffiti proclaiming it the best food anyone had ever tasted, our meal was bordering on the inedible.
And that was that.
Our journey there was enlivened, to say the least, by the behaviour of the French guy sitting in front of us. Most people noticed when the bus driver tried to overtake a slow moving truck on a bend. And everyone noticed when he did it a second time. Our French friend decided that action was required. Leaping from his seat he ran down the aisle and shouted at the driver to be more careful. Clearly this didn't have much effect, as minutes later we tried to pull out on another blind bend. This time the French guy really lost it. He launched back down the aisle and on reaching the driver, aimed a karate kick at his head. Now, I'll readily admit to not being the most patient of people with the locals at times, but this was taking things to an extreme somewhat.
There followed a rather bizzare stand off while the French guy calmed down and the driver looked rather bemused by it all. Needless to say it didn't make the slightest bit of differnce and we still drove the whole way in ridiculous kamikaze mode.
Hue - apparently the food capital of Vietnam. In between dodging the first rain we'd seen since the start of November, we put this to the test. Sadly our restaurant, 'the most interesting place in town', proved to be hugely disappointing. Staffed by a deaf mute family and with walls covered with traveller graffiti proclaiming it the best food anyone had ever tasted, our meal was bordering on the inedible.
And that was that.
// posted by courtney and pete @ 10:14 
