Hue - Blogabond

Our port of Chan Mai is about 50 Miles from Hue that we wanted to see. Hue was once the capital of Vietnam. It has the typical walled-in city with a moat around it to protect it from foreign invaders centuries ago called the Citadal. About 70% of the buildings in the Citadel were destroyed by Americans during the "American War" as it is referred to in Vietnam. On the way to Hue we saw how poor and underdeveloped this counrty really is.

The pagoda here is a very famous symbol of the city and the biggest one in Vietnam.

Acrobatic friends onboard

The Perfume River flows through Hue. We went on a dragon boat for a short river cruise.

Dragon boat

Perfume river

Unlike China which has a one child policy, the Vietnamese tend to have large families with 7 or 8 children. The reason for this is that, by tradition, the children help to support their families. We got the impression that, even in south Vietnam, they Revere Ho Chi Minh and what he tried to do for their country and tend to wonder what the Americans had in mind dessimating their country. They still talk about the lingering effects of agent orange since vegetation still cannot grow due to the deforestation. A lot of people of that generation live with deformities caused by it.

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rcodel on April 3, 2011 from Da Nang, Vietnam

from the travel blog: World Cruise - 2011

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