Hue, Vietnam Travel Blogs

Hue - Tomb Raider
Mar 2, 2009 (37 photos)

... and drank some coffee in a little stall, there really are so many tombs you can see in a day, especially at D55000 each. Hue's nightlife is pretty lively, we had a terrible meal at La Caramel, the waiter apologised and said how busy they were, there ...

Cultured Hue
May 11, 2004 (7 photos)

We flew to Hue this morning on Vietnam Airlines. The flight felt nicer than all of the US domestic carriers and many international flights I've been on. The flight attendants were friendly and we had a beautiful landing into Hue with rolling hills rising ...

Royal Tombs
May 12, 2004 (6 photos)

... too much third world litter and dirt. However, it's a must on any Vietnamese tour as it contains the archeological remains of Vietnam's empire, if ruins less than 200 years old can be refered to as archeological. All of the royal burial complexes are 4 to ...

Friendly Hue
Dec 9, 2005 (12 photos)

... all of the people in the tourist industry are. It is another of the annoying aspects of backpacking in Vietnam that mount up and get on your nerves. I hope Hue lives up to its reputation of being a friendly town. We get to Hue and we are dropped off at ...

Christmas
Dec 28, 2004 (11 photos)

December 28, 04 After a 5 hour bus ride from Savanakhet, Laos I arrived in Vietnam. Things seemed to change almost as soon as I crossed the border. Different scenery was the first thing I noticed. Vietnam is hilly and mountainous and very lush. Banana ...

Festival Hue
Jun 8, 2006

Arrival Check in 700 year anniversary as well as bi-annual event Lots of people about by the riverside street artists

Da Lats the Hue uh-huh uh-huh - I like it!
May 5, 2004 (12 photos)

... is an incredible concentration of sights and ruins after being attacked by the French in 1838 and then in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The centre of Hue houses the old imperial city housed between 2 giant walls and 2 moats and is now a UNESCO World ...

Bikes, Buses and Tunnels
Feb 24, 2006 (23 photos)

... the monk who used to live there, setting himself on fire in protest to the treatment of Buddhists by Catholics in South Vietnam. The pictures are graffic but the monk is sitting cross-legged and looks almost peaceful. That afternoon we went to the huge ...

Hooray, I'm in Hue
Sep 10, 2008

Hue is an exceptionally dull town. The citadel is not very impressive. The only remarkable thing we did here was play Tumbling Tower (their name for Jenga) in a bar called Why Not where we met a Welsh / Kiwi couple who have sold and shipped all there stuff ...

Is this Beijing? No way-- it's Hué!
Jun 8, 2006 (58 photos)

We stumbled onto Hué (pronounciation: hway) at just the right time. Hué is the ancient capital of Vietnam, and as such the entire city has been designated as a World Heritage Site by the UN agency UNESCO. As Eva had previously visited to the ...

He's up in Heaven Now
Apr 12, 2007

An International Day of Mourning.  It should be, but won't.  Presidents who launch clandestine wars and sell death for profit, they get parades.  Even leaving office in disgrace can't stop it.  Movie stars and rock gods could have ...

The Walk to the Citadel
Apr 5, 2007 (22 photos)

As I mentioned in the last post, Hue has some military history in regards to the Vietnam War.  I expected to see the war mentioned in some museums, a few tanks, some craters, but I didn't expect all the personal artifacts from the war to be for sale ...

Tu Duc Tomb
Apr 12, 2007 (22 photos)

... so I'll just tell you about the site itself.  I like to alternate between useless narrative and pertinent information.   Hue is home to the tombs of seven emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty.  Everyone should know how to pronounce that family ...

Checking out Hue
Apr 2, 2007 (14 photos)

... , but it had yet to get hot.  So in Hue we busted out the flops and shorts and hit the town.   Hue is a historic capital of Vietnam.  In 1558 it was the capital of the Nguyen Lords of the south.  In 1802 the northern rivals ...

The Citadel
Apr 5, 2007 (23 photos)

We did decide to have a look around the Citadel.  It was a nice walk, but nothing life changing.  The interior is based on the Forbidden City in Beijing, and there's some nice architecture here and there.  But other than that, I don't have ...

There Was A War Here - Apparently
Jul 25, 2004 (2 photos)

... miss to avoid cultural overload. Did go and see the Citadel - a large walled part of the city, where the Kings lived (Hue was the capital of Vietnam until 1945). Hired a cyclo taxi (where you sit in a seat at the front and some guy cycles you round) ...

Hue - to go... RAIN!
Jan 12, 2004 (4 photos)

... family for Tet (Chinese new year)who managed to scare me witless about the dangers of theives on trains and scams in Vietnam. In a neighbouring carriage was a vietnamese chap from the Old Kent Road in London, also visiting his family and a vietnamese girl ...

Hanoi to Hue
Sep 16, 2007 (30 photos)

... was not amused. The rest of the journey was spent controlling the pelvic muscles. 8:00am and we arrive in Hue. Tired, hungry, stinking and aching from our uncomfortable seats which were our chastising beds......nothing prepared us for the frenzied of ...

Tour on Two Wheels
Jan 30, 2005 (12 photos)

... dozens of Buddhas. Hue is also the location of the DMZ (the Demilitarised Zone), the demarkation line between South and North Vietnam. Much of what you can see are placed where historical events happened and unless you're really into war history, not ...

We got Lucky and Crazy in Dalat
Mar 1, 2004 (5 photos)

... the back of their bikes, Lucky and Nguyen knew what we wanted from the trip -- to get off the beaten path, experience life in Vietnam, see gorgeous scenery, and eat good food. They didn't disappoint! By the end of our journey, we had met families from at ...

Night Train to Hue
Apr 27, 2006 (1 photos)

Look out, it's the Intrepid biker gang!
Jul 31, 2005 (2 photos)

... the bridge to the Citadel and met our young, smiley guide, Mr Phong, for a tour of the old imperial complex. Hue was the capital of Vietnam from 1802 to 1945. Within the riverside Citadel, which is surrounded by a moat and massive wall, is the Imperial ...

Hue-ge Scam
May 31, 2006 (6 photos)

Hard to decide between a clean-but-sitting-upright night bus here in Vietnam or the 'full bed fitted but pot luck on the conditions' Chinese buses, think the best smelling one wins out every time though. We rolled into Hue around 6am but already the ...

Hue, Day Two: On the Muddy Banks...
Feb 13, 2006 (13 photos)

... Just as the sun sets, empires fall and moats fill with marsh grasses. Filling the colonial void was the new Socialist Republic of Vietnam: will they improve the lives of the moat people, the poorest of the poor (yet still the most friendly and smiling)?

Hue-ting
May 3, 2009

... small world) and ended up at the first place we started, due to buses elsewhere only being on odd days... We wandered around Hué, by now it was roasting and not the least bit raining, decided we didn't care enough about the citadel to pay the entrance ...

The sun is out in Hue!
Mar 5, 2006 (11 photos)

... squid which virtually melted in your mouth. Bike tour started at 13.00 and I was a bit apprehensive as we set off around Hue and beyond. Went to see various sights through the crowded streets - pagoda, temples, back and forth over the river. We then ...

Rain from Above, the Side and even Underneath
Dec 12, 2005 (3 photos)

... ." Back at the hotel we had a hot shower and got into some dry clothes before walking around the corner, still in the rain, to a pasta place for dinner. Our first impression of Hue was it was pretty wet. How did they fight a war in a place like this?

The DMZzzzzzz
Jun 1, 2006 (10 photos)

... ) easy way of doing it I signed up for a tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) just north of Hue and where the heaviest fighting took place during the Vietnam War, or American War if your last name is Nguyen rather than Jones. The tour, if it could even ...

No way! Yes Hue!!!
Apr 13, 2007 (7 photos)

... Hoi An through the mountainous region of central Vietnam brought us to the historic city of Hue (pronounced "Hway"). Hue was the capital of Vietnam (at least in name) from the 1600's on through almost a full century of French colonial occupation until the ...

Mid-way point, country-wise and 6 month trip-wise!
Sep 8, 2004

... the beach (and some really fun drinking games, if I remember correctly...). When did I become such a lightweight??? Hue up the coast a bit is one of Vietnam's old capital cities. Again from the back of a motorbike (I need to learn how to drive one of ...