Hue

Time to travel down the coast to central Vietnam, unfortunately the area was experiencing some of the worst winter rain storms in years but they had calmed significantly by the time we arrived. Hue was a really nice little city and a few miles outside is the old DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) when Vietnam was split in to North and South. We didn’t spend much time here (the weather wasn’t great and we wanted a tan!) but we did get a good chance to see the city. The main attraction here was the Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City; it was just like the Forbidden City in Beijing just not as massive! It also had the tallest flag pole in Vietnam outside – definitely a crowd pleaser!

 

We took a little city tour with a great little tour guide, even though he did admit in the first 20 mins that he ate dog regularly! We started at a pagoda and temple complex, which was cool, we saw some kids getting monk training! He then took us to a couple of emperors tombs and to some traditional villages, and at the end of the day Ben and I must have made an impression on the tour guide as he invited us to his wedding in 2 years – we can’t wait!!!