January 23, 2015, Friday.  I was wrong.  We got off the train at Quang Binh.  After having breakfast, we went to Phong Nha cave by boat via Son River.  The cave is phenomenal.  We went by boat and walked through the last quarter mile on the way out.  Huge cave with amazing colors and formations. My camera isn't good enough to get pictures inside.

After returning to the bus, we had a four hour bus ride to Hue according to the schedule. There was so much road construction that it took longer.  This evening we had a 7 course dinner at a local restaurant.

All the structures here are brick covered with concrete.  We have not seen a wooden building since we landed in Hanoi.  The area we're in is typhoon country.  The guide said that some years there have been as many as 3 go through here.  Consequently, this area doesn't have very good soil.  It's flooded so much that it's been washed away.  Hue has about 300,000 people.  It's where the Tet Offensive started in January, 1968.

It was a long day today.  The train and then the bus.  We are all tired.