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Published: August 7th 2007
Hue came to prominence at the beginning of the 19th century when the first emperor of the Nguyen dynasty moved the imperial capital there from Hanoi. He constructed an enormous citadel guarding 3 concentric enclosures which must have been quite a sight, given how the remains look. Unfortunately many of the complex's buildings were destroyed in the aftermath of the Tet offensive during the Vietnam ...
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Jules
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That happened to me - I'd stopped on my tuk-tuk to take a photo of the river when I woman on a tuk-tuk stopped and talked me into returning to her place for some tea. She didn't hit me up for cash though - it was her 15-year-old daughter for her computer school fees. I knew it was coming the whole time I was there. That was in 2004 - in 2005 I was in Central America hanging around with a Brit who told me the exact same story.