Vietnam

[ Jan.2015 ] In the late afternoon on the last day of our Vietnamese holiday, we went to Marble Mountains by taxi from the hotel. There are 5 mountains on the flat land around here…

[ Jan.2015 ] On the last day in Vietnam, we went back to Hoi An by shuttle bus. The early part of our holiday it was a little cold, but the latter half was as…

[ Jan.2015 ] This is a photo of Thien Mu Pagoda in Hue in Vietnam. Apparetnly in Vietnamese language, “Mu” means an old woman. Mr.Son, our guide told us that in 1601, then king, Nguyen…

[ Jan.2015 ] We visited the imperial palace in Hue in Vietnam. There were various buildings in a huge site. Mr. Son, our guide gave us a lot of explanations but to be honest, I…

[ Jan.2015 ] The highlight of Hue’s sightseeing is probably the Imperial City. In front of that stands Flag Tower. It is 37 metres high, which is the highest in Vietnam. The Vietnamese flag is…

[ Jan.2015 ] The next place we visited in Hue in Vietnam was a market. We had been to a market in Da Nang two days before, so we were not surprised to see the…

[ Jan.2015 ] We also went to the mausoleum of Tu Duc, the fourth emperor in the Ngyen Dinasty in Hue in Vietnam. It is a mausoleum, but there were buildings like a palace and…

[ Jan.2015 ] These colourful things in this photo are incense sticks. Hue in Vietnam is famous for these sticks. We could see many of them were displayed very nicely and some were dried. We…

[ Jan.2015 ] The first place we visited in Hue in Vietnam was the mausoleum of Khai Dinh, the 12th king of Ngyen dinasty which lasted from 1802 to 1945. His reign was from 1916…