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Hue Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hue, Vietnam
Hue - Tomb Raider
This is a top pick! ... 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, ...
A Little Time a Hue
This is a top pick! ... gone untapped thus far. Sylvia has been much more efficient in devouring desserts and La Boulangerie Francaise treated us well in Hue. Also, a new phrase has entered the lingo here: "Why not?". It can be replied to almost any statement (feel ...
Cool Riders
This is a top pick! ... the shape of the sillouette of Hue. Once the hat is finished, if you hold it to the light you can see a shadow of the Hue skyline, along with her signature next to it. The hats cost $2. We finish the tour with a drive to the countryside, where ...
Cultured Hue
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Hue - Day 19
... , switching between my iPhone and my iPad, but it kept saying "network error". Turns out that Facebook is actually banned in Vietnam, but in the vast majority of the country they managed to get round it by changing the Internet settings so it appears the ...
Hue
This is a top pick! ... "DMZ Tour". It is remarkable how quickly such atrocities have become a source of commercial opportunity. Whilst in a small town in northern Vietnam a waiter had served us wearing his replica US army shirt! The DMZ was a 5km wide No Man's ...
Hue in a day
This is a top pick! ... which was rejected at the ATM has actually been charged to my account-gits) and then headed on to the citadel. Hue was heavily bombed during the Vietnam (or 'American' as it is called here) War and a lot of the buildings were damaged but the main ...
Royal Tombs
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Emperor's Life
This is a top pick! We are now starting our trip south, our first stop was Hue. Traditionally, it has been one of Vietnam's cultural, religious and educational centers. Hue served as the political capital from 1802 to 1945 under 13 emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty. Again, this ...
Friendly Hue
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Christmas
This is a top pick! 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 and ...
Festival Hue
This is a top pick! Arrival Check in 700 year anniversary as well as bi-annual event Lots of people about by the riverside street ...
Da Lats the Hue uh-huh uh-huh - I like it!
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Central Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... of some of the most intense battles during the Tet offensive. The second are the remnants of the last dynasty of independent Vietnam. The Nguyen dynasty lasted from 1802-1945. The first started in 939. For a long time the city ...
Is this Beijing? No way-- it's Hué!
This is a top pick! ... parades, performances, fireworks and a special "Royal Feast" inside the Forbidden Purple City at night. "I can't believe it-- Vietnam preserves China's culture better than China does." Eva was to repeat this to me several times throughout our ...
There Was A War Here - Apparently
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
This is a top pick! ... after 30 minutes. We checked out of the the room and headed off to Thu's cafe on wheels to start our motorbike tour of Hue and the surrounding countryside. We had a quick breako of coffee and an omelette on a baguette. The coffee here is stunning and was ...
Hue - to go... RAIN!
This is a top pick! ... of tour was to Cu Chi to a set of underground tunnels used by the Viet Cong to avoid the US & South Vietnamese armies during the Vietnam war. Although the tunnels were rebuilt for tourists - we are too large to fit down the original ones, it was a great ...
He's up in Heaven Now
This is a top pick! 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
This is a top pick! 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
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
A short stay in Hue (Hway)
This is a top pick! ... homes appearing which hopefully wont rip the soul out of the place, but I'm not convinced. We passed through Da Nang, Vietnam's third largest city after Saigon and Hanoi, and saw 'China Beach where American soldiers were sent for 'R&R' during ...
Checking out Hue
This is a top pick! ... , 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 ...
Hanoi to Hue
This is a top pick! ... who 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 ...
Hue - Day 20
... of the initial Emperor that had it built, the building was plagued with decay and termite infestations. However, like with most of Vietnam's iconic buildings, most of it was demolished either by the French or during the American war, the walls even have ...
The Citadel
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Bikes, Buses and Tunnels
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Tour on Two Wheels
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...