We arrived in Hue by our Easy Riders guides, and set out to find a hotel. We settled on a luxurious place for $8 a night, a steal if you ask me. Hue is the capital of the old Nguyen Dynasty, so is rich in history. The most impressive was the Citadel, the Emperor's Forbidden City. Hue is also a UNESCO heritage site, and has a lot to see. So we rented a motorbike for a few days of sightseeing by day and relaxing and recharging at night.
In the Citadel, the Emperor's forbidden city.
The grandmother's quarters inside the Citadel
We also visited the largest Pagoda in Vietnam, Thien Mu. Everyone remembers the first monk to burn himself in Vietnam during the war? Well, the car that he drove to Saigon to do it, which appears in all the photos, is at this Pagoda site.
Ouch!
We saw much more in Hue...temples. tombs. old stadiums, etc. Hue was a great place to rest and step back from all the craziness for a bit. Also, Hue has really good Western food, so we got a break from the Vietnamese exotics before heading to Hanoi where we will dive right back in on trying new things.
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