Exploring Vietnam

Hue
(28/30 Mar 1999)

A rice boat on the Perfumed River heading back towards Hue.
Once the capital of Vietnam, Hue is a charming city with plenty of water around.

The old imperial palace is in the centre of town.

It suffered badly during the war but some parts survived and renovation work is still going on.

One of the Nine Dynastic Urns, cast in 1835/6, the ornamentation then being chiselled around the outside.

As you leave the palace and cross back over the river this is part of a shanty town which can be seen by looking down.

A boat trip along the Prefume River brought us to the Thien Mu Pagoda, one of the most famous in all Vietnam.

In 1963 a monk drove from here to Saigon in this car. His self immolation in public produced a photograph which became world famous and changed the shape of the war.

Can you guess what this is? Actually it's a bundle of inscence sticks viewed from above.

A bonsai at the beautiful Tomb of Tu Doc, about 6 Km from Hue itself but very much worth the trip out.

There is a large and quite pretty market close to the centre of town. It is a good place to go when it rains - and Hue is the wettest place in all Vietnam.

	A scenic drive through the spectacular "Pass of the Ocean Clouds" brings us to Da Nang to visit it's Cham Museum.
	Then we continue on (with a few further stops) to the town of Hoi An.

We stop for lunch and a break at China Beach, once a large R&R facility for the US troops in Vietnam.

And descend through the Pass of the Ocean Clouds a bit later on.

The magnificent Marble Mountains are not very far from Hoi An.

The pathways across are dotted with Budhist statues and shrines.

Hanoi, Halong Bay, Van Lak, Hoi An, My Lai, Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong delta.

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South India Overland is the record of our journey through Southern India during January and February 1997.

North India & Nepal is the record of our journey from Delhi to Kathmandu during January 1998.

		The old imperial palace is in the centre of town.
		It suffered badly during the war but some parts survived and renovation work is still going on.

		One of the Nine Dynastic Urns, cast in 1835/6, the ornamentation then being chiselled around the outside.
		As you leave the palace and cross back over the river this is part of a shanty town which can be seen by looking down.

		A boat trip along the Prefume River brought us to the Thien Mu Pagoda, one of the most famous in all Vietnam.
		In 1963 a monk drove from here to Saigon in this car. His self immolation in public produced a photograph which became world famous and changed the shape of the war.

		Can you guess what this is? Actually it's a bundle of inscence sticks viewed from above.
		A bonsai at the beautiful Tomb of Tu Doc, about 6 Km from Hue itself but very much worth the trip out.

		We stop for lunch and a break at China Beach, once a large R&R facility for the US troops in Vietnam.
		And descend through the Pass of the Ocean Clouds a bit later on.

		The magnificent Marble Mountains are not very far from Hoi An.
		The pathways across are dotted with Budhist statues and shrines.