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The flag

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…

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Market in Hue

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…

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Palace or grave?

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…

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Incense sticks

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…

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Rice porridge

The restaurant we went in Hue was called Moc Vien. We were in the tailor-made individual tour, but ushered to a big room where two Japanese groups were eating. This restaurant seemed…

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The grave of 12th king

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…

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On the way to Hue

The next day in Vietnam, we had one day excursion to Hue from Da Nang. This time, it was a luxurious tailor made tour with a guide and a driver. A brand…

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Bingo

On the night of Lantern Festival in Hoi An in Vietnam, when we were walking satisfied with a good dinner, a woman called us saying “It is one dollar each. Why don’t…

Hoi An

Italian in Vietnam

On the day we enjoyed Lantern Festival in Hoi An in Vietnam, we went to an Italian restaurant called Good Morning Vietnam. I felt a bit cheating to eat Italian foods in…