on Jenga and monk hair.

today while i was sitting at the airport writing about losing my phone, i had not noticed that the phone was not on my person. after heading for breakfast and reaching for it, i noticed the theft! lucky the thief was Moti, rescuing it from being neglected on a table, this phone is doomed.

we landed to a pouring rain at Hue, central Vietnam. the guide, tu, said that it will be only 2 days of rain, just the time that we are here, great..

Hue is the old capital city of Vietnam, and it's citadel is a Unesco site. we walked the grounds for 2 hours, seeing the royal court, temples, library and many side building. the main royal dwelling was bombed and no longer exists and parts of the amazing buildings we saw were restorations. after the walk where the photos will do more justice, we drove to the local market then split and i went to the Pagoda from 1601 and walked the quiet grounds with several pagodas and monks buildings. they have a large bell calling for prayer every day at 3:30 am for 4-5 am medication, crazy sleepless monks. the monks are bold headed, symbol that you gave yourself to Buddha, but the novices, are mostly shaved, but have some hair left as a symbol of link to greater society, at 18 they get to choose.

we returned to the market and enjoy the smell of fish, and other lovely odors then we headed for the hotel to dry up and rest. i tried to swim in the pool, but the water is cold. 

in the evening we went to a sports bar, Le's gardens to watch the soccer match. the food here was similar to other places in Nam, but somehow not as good, more oily, less healthy. but the music was great and the game was on, Chelsea were not winning, at the time... in almost the same level of interest a group of Aussies are playing jenga in the next table, they play for a while and the skill level is impressive, by the time we leave, their game is still on.

we return to the hotel when i watch Chelsea win :(  and so far.. man U wins, which is the important game for me and the reason i looked for a sports bar in the 1st place.

a quiet day ends, i still have lots of castle photos to load, tomorrow we drive south towards hoi an and hike at a national park, the evening had great rain less weather, hope tomorrow is rain free, 

cheers from Hue where the score is 2:1...:)