Things to See and Do in Hue
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- Aug 29, 2009: ... an even messier night when we were invited by the bar staff to Brown Eyes, the local after hours bar. It was a lot of fun ...
- Dec 2, 2007: ... as Hanoi! Make sure the horn on your bike works!
Tried Brown Eyes night club, 55 Nguyen Sinh Cing St. Free taxi from ...
- Oct 19, 2008: ... a happy hour bar in mind we set off to a place called "Brown Eyes" Well....... this is where things went down hill for me let ...
- Jan 11, 2005: ... eventually, found the hats and checked things out before heading to the Brown Eyes Bar to meet up with Phu, Birk and Vun for ...
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- Dec 9, 2005: ... and this houses two further enclosures, the next one being the Imperial City which reminds us of the scale and design of the ...
- May 5, 2004: ... and then in 1968 during the Vietnam War.
The centre of Hue houses the old imperial city housed between 2 giant walls and ...
- Mar 1, 2004: ... religiously by the townfolk.
Now we're in Hue, the former Imperial City. During our three days here, we saw ornate ...
- Jul 31, 2005: ... At the time, the palaces and temples of the Imperial City would have been sumptious and elaborate in their decoration, ...
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- Dec 9, 2005: ... the early 1900's.
We take a look at Thien Mu Pagoda, close to the citadel in Hue. We see a rusting blue Austin car which ...
- May 5, 2004: ... and set off down the river making our first stop at Thien Mu Pagoda which was set up high on a hill overlooking the Perfume ...
- Jan 12, 2004: ... road along the Perfume river, past the lovely old Thien Mu pagoda and many villages. (Leaving the bike whilst visiting ...
- Apr 13, 2007: ... On our ride we visited the beautifully serene Thien Mu Pagoda. Although it has a beautiful setting overlooking the Perfume ...
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- Dec 9, 2005: ... kilometres further we stop at the royal tomb of Tu Duc, who was a poet and king of Vietnam from 1847 to 1883. His Mausoleum ...
- Apr 12, 2007: We rented a motorbike again to get out to the tomb of Tu Duc, about 6 km from town. It wasn't a particularly ...
- Aug 19, 2009: ... atop hills of lush green trees. Walking the grounds of the largest tomb, of King Minh Mang, I was reminded much of my ...
- Jul 18, 2007: ... around in there crazy traffic) and visit the Tomb of Tu Duc. set amongst Frangipani's it is quite relaxing to spend ...
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- Mar 2, 2009: ... Tombs. Minh Mang was particularly peaceful and scenic. The tomb of Minh Mang is located over a bridge in a gated enclosure ...
- Feb 23, 2006: ... other but it didn't seem to matter!
Next the royal tomb of Minh Mang which had very beautiful grounds (as they should have ...
- Aug 29, 2009: ... to get to all but one of them, the best being the Tomb of Minh Mang; it was massive! There was a huge lake as well as many ...
- Feb 14, 2007: ... were used as residence before the emperor died. The tomb of Minh Mang was beatufiul, but the grave is hidden to keep ...
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- Jun 7, 2004: ... to drop us at Cau Hao where the turn off to Bach Ma National PArk is, then had some breakfast.
We were determined not to ...
- Mar 3, 2009: ... Monastery, built on the side of a mountain in the Bach Ma National Park its reached by boat after driving approx 30kms ...
- Jul 18, 2009: ... all over the place! So glad we did the National park - definately one of the highlights of my trip so far. So ...
- Jul 18, 2003: ... night over their fan! It was so hot.
SATURDAY 19th Bach Ma National Park
Woke up and sat waiting in the office for ...
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- May 11, 2004: ... , we passed into another room which I believe held the actual tomb of Khai Dinh. It was ornate, but really too dark to see ...
- Feb 25, 2006: ... of which date from the mid-1800s until the 1930s. The tomb of Khai Dinh, the next to last of the Nguyen emperors (1916-1925) ...
- Dec 17, 2008: ... final tomb was by far the best. It was the tomb of Khai Dinh and had a mixture of Vietnamese and European architecture. It ...
- Mar 4, 2006: ... of the Nguyen emperors. Next, it was off to the tomb of Khai Dinh which wasn't completed until 1931, six years after his ...
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- Feb 13, 2006: ... maroon lacquered columns lining the throne room of the Thai Hoa Palace, bonsai trees, detailed altars for the Nyugen at The ...
- Mar 17, 2005: ... in the war in 1968. What remains is the Thai Hoa palace and a couple of reception halls. The intriguing sounding Forbidden ...
- Apr 30, 2009: ... we follow the herd of people like sheep into the Thai Hoa Palace; the entrance to the forbidden purple city, or explore the ...
- Jan 6, 2007: ... to the new government in 1945. We then visited the Thai Hoa palace, it's the only major building in the complex to have ...
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- Mar 2, 2009: ... and temples. The main gate provides great views of the Perfume River surrounded by the busy city. Because the citadel has ...
- Dec 9, 2005: ... gun position with a commanding view over a bend in the perfume river. In the greyness of the morning the river merges with ...
- Dec 28, 2004: ... the river that runs through the city. It's called The Perfume River, but when I went on a sunset river cruise aboard a ...
- May 5, 2004: ... Pagoda which was set up high on a hill overlooking the Perfume River. Behind the Pagoda was an active monastery where monks ...
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- Jul 9, 2007: ... the elements and 4 representing the seasons) and the Halls of the Mandarins.
At 5pm it was time to board our overnight bus ...
- May 7, 2009: ... photo".
Outside of this building are the Halls of the Mandarins. They now house displays of pictures, handicrafts ...
- Apr 20, 2005: ... saw the remains of the Forbidden Purple City (mostly weeds!), the Halls of the Mandarins and loads of other stuff. We stopped ...
- Oct 20, 2009: ... inside the Imperial City are Thai Hoa Palace, the Halls of the Mandarins and the original Nine Dynastic Urns to name a few. ...
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- Dec 26, 2008: ... as they call it in China - bonsai mountains in pots.
The Fine Art Museum is housed in the Presidential Palace, a recently ...
- Jan 6, 2006: ... too, so Annaliese, Daniel and I take a cab over to the Fine Arts Museum. It is an old temple with a nice collection of ...
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- Mar 2, 2009: ... and we were stood right on top of it. The forbidden purple city, a citadel within the citadel, where the emporer only allowed ...
- Feb 23, 2006: ... city centre and walked through the huge gardens, halls and forbidden purple city of the Gia Long Emperor. After a full days ...
- Jun 8, 2006: ... "Royal Feast" inside the Forbidden Purple City at night.
"I can't believe it-- Vietnam preserves China's culture ...
- Feb 13, 2006: ... exiled to French-controlled Reunion or Algeria).
The Forbidden Purple City is essentially a copy of the Forbidden City in ...
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- Jan 15, 2008: ... access.
By the south gate is Vietnam's tallest flagpole called the Flag Tower. First erected in 1809, almost destroyed in ...
- Dec 18, 2006: ... of the final emperor. We visited the old citadel, the flag tower (highest in the country), imperial enclosure and ...
- Jul 9, 2007: ... of our last day in Hue exploring the Citadel highlights of which included the Flag Tower, Nine Holy Cannons (5 representing ...
- Feb 10, 2008: ... sites the forbidden city, the imperial enclosure and the flag tower all the while getting soaked and freezing. The ...
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