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Popular Off the Beaten Path | Other Off the Beaten Path Tips | All Tips (25) Ho Chen Temple is a small, peaceful place, surrounded by woodland, where local people come, by boat, down the Perfume River in order to pray, especially during Tet.
I'm sure every foreign visitor follows the intriguing path past the temple to see what's at the end. It's a public toilet, so if you're on an all-day boat trip, you'll know where to find one. Leave a Comment
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Several places in Hue are historical sites and must be preserved. Sometimes these belong to the public, and the caretaker lives on the premise. Sometimes these belong to locals; enterprising owners may decide to erect a cafe or restaurant around it. We found these in a neighborhood just outside the wall of the Citadel. There's a cafe next to it.
Bronze drums with stylized reliefs of people and animals on top are among the earliest known Vietnamese archaeological artifacts. They appropriately are the country's heraldic symbol. Strangely, the decorative motif is similar to that of objects found from Myanmar to Indonesia, suggesting cultural exchange or even a common ancestral root. Leave a Comment
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Hue itself does not have a beach. The banks of the Perfume River are muddy. But, less than an hour's drive, 50km to the south, on the road to Danang, is Lang Co Beach, an unspoilt stretch of golden sand.
There is a luxurious, 4* resort here, with villas and bungalows from $59 upwards, if you want to stay for more than a day. But, the almost empty beach is open to the public.
If you really want to get away from the crowds, this is the place. Leave a Comment
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At Thien Mu Pagoda, a battered green sedan sits in a garage. This may seem strange to those who don't know its shocking history. In the 1960s, Vietnamese Buddhists contended that they were persecuted by the regime of then-president Ngo Dinh Diem, who was a Catholic. In protest, on June 13, 1963, the monk Thich Quang Duc took this car to a busy intersection in Saigon. There, he set himself on fire while remaining seated in a lotus position. The event understandably caused an uproar in Vietnam. Leave a Comment
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The Rockpile, in northern Quang Tri Province, is the first stop north of Hue on the DMZ tour. It was a famous listening post during the Vietnam War, which US troops were helicoptered in and out of, and from which they guided bombers. It was also an artillery base with a huge array of big guns, including 175 long Toms, 8-inchers on tracks, 105s and 155s.
I found this story from a Vietnam vet who was based there: ' I had a pet rat on the Rock Pile. One night I awoke with him crawling across my head. I figured out he was after my food. So after that, I would leave a little piece of food at the foot of my sleeping bag. The rat would come up at night, eat the food, When I would wake up in the morning, the rat would run out.' Jim DeMers, USMC, 1st Radio Batallion, January 1967. Leave a Comment
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The most famous high school in Vietnam. They've got a much better website than mine. Leave a Comment
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This is on the river bank, across from the Quoc Hoc High School. Since the old days, it has been used as an assembly area for outdoor performance, plays, concerts, etc. Leave a Comment
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This stone and concrete structure is rather unattractive. If I remember correctly, it was the church of Ngo Dinh Diem's older brother, Ngo Dinh Thuc, who was the archbishop of Hue. Leave a Comment
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