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Hue Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hue, Vietnam
Rainy days get me down
This is a top pick! ... the lights went out it was obvious I wasn't going to get any sleep. I started having really vivid dreams when we neared Hue that the road was flooded and we were being washed away. Dave however dreamt about Chicken Royales and actually believed we were ...
Hue to go
This is a top pick! Armed with 2 Ab Fabs and a boy called Anal, we arrived in Hue, but before we arrived, we went over the same pass from 7 months previous, but this time, the views were superb. We grabbed a hotel and I went for a walk with one of the Abbers. All of a ...
Northern Vietnam - from Sapa to Hue
This is a top pick! Sapa - Hanoi - Cat Ba Island - Hue I have been in Vietnam for 2 weeks already, time flies. I crossed the border from Hekou, China to Lao Cai, Vietnam without any problems. In Lao Cai, I waited for my friend Donn to arrive from Hanoi and ...
A pineapple peacock
This is a top pick! ... I've gotten ahead of myself. Before we went into the palace citadel we wandered down to the flagpole, the largest in Vietnam, and admired the square and the nine cannons that were cast by the first Emperor Gia Long to celebrate his victory of ...
Bia = food in Irish, beer in Vietnamese
This is a top pick! ... open bus ticket for the whole country (US$24). And we still got to Hue before them. Hue The city of Hue is nestled in the central lowlands of Vietnam, about 700km (430mi) south of Hanoi and 1100km (680mi) north of Ho Chi Minh City. It sits about 10 ...
Whizzing round SE Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... , meaning I had paid to go all the way to Saigon, and could jump on or off at any of the major towns. Went to Hue first, and just one day to see the tombs and pagodas and a japanese bridge, with a motorcycling guide. Very beautiful sights, including a ...
Heading south
This is a top pick! ... listed town of Hue visiting the ancient tombs and the royal palace grounds, the later unfortunately fairly damaged during the Vietnam War. Hue was a nice town with good food that would be worth spending longer in. However, we continued south to Hoi An ...
Bit of a write-off
This is a top pick! ... pretty cold. It was clouded over and there was a bit of a breeze. We strolled along it for a little bit and then hopped back in the bus. We arrived in Hue. I took a nap, went for dinner at a really good Indian restaurant, and then called it a ...
Charlie Don't Surf
This is a top pick! ... Beach is famous as being the place American soldiers chilled out (remember the "Charlie don't surf" scene from Apocalypse Now) during the Vietnam War. Not much had changed (ok ok it probably has). It was a quiet area and our guesthouse was just back from ...
Bombed Hue!
This is a top pick! ... little cramped, was uneventful enough (unlike the same train 3 days earlier that had derailed, killing 12 people, in Vietnam's first ever train crash). Hue is another UNESCO world heritage town on account of it's Citadel, built in 1804 by Emporer Gia ...
Beautiful!! The ocean... how I have missed you
This is a top pick! ... Nha Trang, my first sight of the ocean in weeks. The coastline was spectacular, I kept thinking to myself 'I can't believe that I'm in Vietnam'. I did two dives, each one hour in length, they were both good dives with lots of coral and a variety of fish. ...
Hueasy Day
This is a top pick! ... need that again! It was 36 degrees today, super hot I think. After really enjoying Bun Bo Nam Bo in Hanoi, I tried bun Bo hue for lunch, it wasn't quite the same however which was a little disappointing, but hey ho. Tri arrived, he was a bit drunk ...
Hoi An - Hue - Hanoi
This is a top pick! ... (it's between Hoi An and Hanoi and every bus stops here) we probably would have missed it. It is however, the ancient capital of Vietnam and is located on the bank of the Perfume River (which smells of fish food). Having said all that, as is often the ...
Meeting the Nguyen Dynasty
This is a top pick! ... the Vietnamese temple architecture does. Unfortunately, most of the complex was bombed during the Tet Offensive, as a part of the Vietnam War. As a result, most of the parts were not impressive, except for the temples in the Southeast. Moreover, ...
'Sorry, this restaurant doesn't do vegetables'
This is a top pick! Arriving in Hue after a horrible bus ride and no sleep at all (anyone traveling Vietnam, I'd recommend paying the extra for the sleeper bus for this journey), i was determined not to waste the day so got myself into the sightseeing mode and booked a ...
The average age was just nnnnnineteen
This is a top pick! ... it was the nicest room we have had on all our travels - bath, balcony and a fridge full of cold beers! Now everywhere in Vietnam seems to have a different salesperson who pesters the hell out of you. In Hue it is the cyclo drivers. As soon as you step ...
Hue - Exploring the Imperial City and Tombs
This is a top pick! ... tells us that we should get back in to the cabins as its going to be another 30 minutes until we arrive in Hue. We have noticed in Vietnam that the young males in particular are not quite as welcoming as the girls and are very good at these looks of ...
May 28 2008
This is a top pick! ... , because it is very peaceful here. Some of the structures have been destroyed, either by the war with the French or the Vietnam War. He died in 1883 and was not actually buried in the tomb prepared for him. His burial site is unknown, ...
May 25 2008
This is a top pick! ... then were back on our way. Zoe decided to move to the seat across from her, and it was a lot more room. The Vietnam country side is very beautiful. A bit of a mix of the Rocky Mountains with palm trees and beaches all in one ...
May 26 2008
This is a top pick! ... to make our way along the main street, le Loi, in our area to the nearest bridge over the river. One thing I love about Vietnam is the scenery, the country is beautiful, as are the rivers. It is so hot here in Hue we were really sweating by ...
From sapa i undertook a gruelling 32 hour ...
This is a top pick! ... to watch as you can imagine. The next morning i decided to visit the DMZ area (The dividing line between North and South Vietnam) which saw some of the bloodiest battles in the American war. We visited the nearby Vin Moc tunnels that were built by the ...
Easy peasie!
This is a top pick! Day 138; We arrived pretty much on time and as soon as we walked of the bus we went into the hotel reasonable price close to everything and free WiFi we love it! It's just all to easy here sometimes there are no challenges, strange to get use to, ...
Hue
This is a top pick! ... and a banana shake later we'd booked on a motorbike tour to head out and see the Emperors tombs which are a major attraction just outside Hue. Talking to her was great fun, she asked if we were married and on saying yes she asked if we had any children. ...
May 27 2008
This is a top pick! We decided to take it easy today, try and figure out our way outta here. We slept in a bit, then went for our included breakfast, which again did the trick. We hung out and looked at places to stay in Hanoi. We decided to go on the ...
The Tragic Arrival
There was a sudden jult on the train about 7am. We looked out of our window and there was about a hundred local people looking under the train, when I went to ask someone what had happened I found out that someone had got ran over by the train and was ...
Condiments and history in Hue
... the old citadel. We took a cyclo there which is a bike with a seat attached to the front. They have them all over Vietnam but Hue seemed the safest place to take one. (There was no chance of getting us in one in Hanoi!). The citadel was really beautiful. ...