I had organised to be on the same bus as Helly and Liv, so was to be picked up at 6:30 from my Hostel.
Unfortunately there where a few dizzy young girls who where also to be taken. Two of whom had, at the last minuet tried to go to a travel agent to sort some things and subsequently got lost in the city.
Therefore we missed our pick up, missed our bus and got stuck on the stopping sleeper bus.
The fun started with the fact that there where not enough beds so someone had to sleep on the floor. I was on the back row. Where I had about a foot wide 'bed' pinned behind the DIY toilet (midfield box with a hole in the corner pretty much). Add to that a creaky bed, no option of sitting up as the roof was two foot from my head, a leaky ceiling to let in the rain and exhaust fumes. But don't worry, because the normal lights had been replaced by disco lights! And they had Vietnams got talent blaring out of the speakers.
We finally arrived in Hue two and a head hours late. I tried to find Liv and Helly but couldn't so after a quick walk around with some girls from Germany and Belgium I got my next bus to Phong Nha. I was the only person on this bus which was not much fun and the vinh moch tunnels were flooded so I could only go to the first level.
The vinh moch tunnels were used during the American occupancy. Originally 10m underground to protect villagers from bombs. The Americans then developed a bomb that could drill 10 meters before exploding, therefore the Vietnamese moved an entire town, including a hospital 30m underground!
Or so I'm told as the tour guide hadn't turned up for work.
Anyway after 25 hours of traveling I arrived in Phong Nha and its very nice.
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