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Than Tan Hotsprings - Hue

After an over night bus to the city Hue from Hanoi and checking into a hostel me and some people who were on the Halong Bay tour with me decided that we should do something with our day and that we were going to go to one of the hot springs just outside the city. We asked the lady that worked at our hostel and she said that she could book a taxi for us. We decided that we could get one cheaper somewhere else so we wandered down the street only to find out that we couldnt. So we went back to her and asked for the taxi again. 10 min later a minibus came to pick us up. We thought it would be better anyways because some taxi's cant be trusted and thought this was a safer option.
The drive there was really long. we went through little villages and many dirt road. 45 min later we arrived at the hot springs. I read online that there would be some sort of entrance fee which we were fine with but once inside the building by the gate we thought something was off when it said it was 170000 dong (less than $10). not that much but considering we were only expecting to pay 20000 its a lot. We were all tired from the bus and just wanted to relax so we paid and went in. walking further in we discovered that we had just paid to get into some sort of resort. on one side there was a hotel and the other side there was some villas.
The whole place was dead though except for the workers. i guess cause it was the off season and the weather wasnt the nicest but we were the only guests there. The lady who we purchased out tickets from walked us though the park and told us to go to one mineral bath and then to this hot spring and then continue up to the top. So we put our stuff in the lockers and did as she said. The mineral bath wasnt very warm but the hot springs was actually pretty nice.


I think since it was the off season everything hadnt been used in a while so there was lots of algae and murky water. But we figured that it was safe to swim in since the park was open. We went down some water slides and went in the wave pool. Both equally un-impressive and we had to get the staff to turn on for us because they werent on. We went and had some lunch which was surprisingly cheap and the waitress spoke no English at all so we all ended up getting different things. Then it rained a bunch so we went back to the warm hot springs before it was time to leave. Another long drive back. We decided that those were not the right hot springs but we had a good time any ways.

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