Up North

Inlet near Danang
Originally uploaded by toy ghost.

On Wednesday we rode up to Hue from Hoi An, the old imperial capital of Vietnam. On the way, a beer truck overturned up the road ahead of our bus. The traffic was backed up for miles on this rural mountain road. After about a half hour, My had what turned out to be a stroke of mad genius. Somehow she knew the traffic wasn't going to move, and she said we should hike up the road three miles past the wreck and get some one to take us the rest of the way on motorbikes. I love this girl.

We left all the suckers back at the bus, and the walk was cool and refreshing. When we got to the wreck, My went up to the driver and told him that since he had caused all this trouble and made us walk all the way up this hill, he should give us a beer. And he did. Did i say i love this girl?

We found folks to take us easily, and we got to Hue 45 minutes later. The bus didn't arrive for four hours.