Our Christmas vacation was to the middle of Vietnam to Hue, Hoi An, My Son, Da Nang...
Here we are about to board the train to Hue.
OMG, the train ride is 11 hours to Hue?? There weren't any more beds available, so we had to
stay in these chairs... I don't think we can get any sleep like this :( ...
At 4am when the train stopped at the next Vinh station, some passengers left, so Thao paid
off a conductor to get an upgrade to a bed ;))
But it was still hard to sleep, this is me after spending all night on a train heheh...
Finally made to to Hue early the next morning! It's raining, and raining every day, till the day
we left. That is why the pictures don't look good, and from now on you can see everything is
wet in the pictures :D . But we still visited everywhere as you can see. Oh, I remember Thao
met two Hue students that told her that it rains twice a month in Hue.... Each for 15 days ;)).
Our Xich Lo driver... He took us around to many places all day, because we thought it would
be cheap. Oooops, ask for the price first Thao :P. Ok Thao will tells you lots of bad story about
this xich lo guy later :)) , yes she wanna kill him :D.
Pass the brige to go in the Dai Noi - the imperial city and emperor's palace.
I'm doing my part to defend the city against attackers!
After Thao took this picture, we heard a crashing sound behind us that shocked Thao....
A girl on a bicycle fell down because two motorbikes ran into her. She was on the ground but
the two guys just left, and even though many people were around, nobody else did anything
to help, even the Xich Lo driver who was waiting near her. So Thao went and helped her get
up, and saw she hurt her leg and was crying. Thao said "I NEVER want to be a Hue girl where
there are people that make accident but just run away, and so many people are around but do
nothing to help. In Vietnam, people always think people in Hanoi are the most coldest, and
people in Hue are the most friendly. But you wrong, in Ha Noi you'd never see something like that happen in Hanoi... If a girl or anyone falls down on the street, many people will come to help. Anyway what i see today make me so sick. OMG is that HUE??? "
Dai Noi from outside. The high walls surrounded the imperial city to protect it.
The flag tower in front of Dai Noi
The entrance to the imperial city. The main doors were only for the king, while others used
the side doors. Ok, I should go in the main door ;)
All the buildings had great roof decorations of dragons, and Thao took 100 pictures of them ;))
Hey, that doesn't hurt much! :))
The beautiful queen and her king.
My Vietnamese queen :)
Nhìn rất Huế em hỉ
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The queen changed into her peasant clothes ;))
haha... but still looks so cute
Hue girls with their typical Hue dresses worn by students.
Thao found this girl "Oh looks verry HUE, Em đẹp mà sao vẫn buồn ngóng đợi chi rứa Em? ;))"
Looks like the postcard...
With Hue's students.
Ok, done with Dai Noi. Last pose.
Chùa Thiên Mụ.
Hue specialty food: Bánh bèo, bánh nậm, bánh lọc, bánh ram ít, bánh ướt, chả tôm.
Wowow yummy.... If you go to Hue and wanna eat those things just remember its Quán Hàng
Me MẸ, 16 Võ Thị Sáu. And do not believe any xich lo driver there if they wanna show you
where to eat, because they will just take you to go far away to cost more money. Ok, Thao will
tell you later about what experiences she got from Hue trip ;)).
