(Day 69) July 12, 2007
Had the whole day to kill before I take the overnight bus to Hanoi at 6 PM. Since I’ve seen everything that’s walking distance in Hue, I opted for some other form of transportation. The Vietnamese cyclo. We agreed on a price and the cyclo “driver” will drive me around for 3 hours. I wanted to see new things, so I asked him to bring me to wherever that he finds nice. After cycling for about 30 minutes along the sea, we finally arrived to the Chinese Pagoda. It really looked like it came straight out of a Chinese movie. The pagoda is situated on top of a hill that overlooks the sea. The view is superb and along with the sea breeze, it is a very comfortable place to be on a hot 38 degrees summer day!
The inside of the pagoda is protected by 2 really big “moon sun“. The inner garden of the pagoda consisted of a temple and this. Although I have no idea what it is, I really like Chinese-style structures like that. Can’t wait till I get to China! (Little did I know that my trip to China will be cancelled).
We then stopped to a very little “museum” that really had nothing to offer. As we passed by a bridge, my cyclo driver showed me that his home was one of these boats.
We then headed to our last destination of the day: Mike’s Pagoda. The building inside was nice but there wasn’t that much to see. And so he brought me back to town and I took the overnight bus to Hanoi.
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