Hue, Danang and Hoi An


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June 9th 2009
Published: June 11th 2009
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Hue We left Hanoi in the early evening on the Harry Potter-ish named ‘Pumpkin Express’ sleeper train south to Hue. (The state train company runs the locomotive and most of the carriages, a few private companies hitch on their own carriages which they market to foreigners). I've thrown in a couple of photos of what the dining car was supposed to look like, and what it did in reality). Ed had a ... Read Full Entry



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Our upgraded room!Our upgraded room!
Our upgraded room!

We had a little patio overlooking rice fields
Ed cookingEd cooking
Ed cooking

AKA Ed's personal talk show - he educated the group on many topics as he had the cooking stage ;-)
My son ruinsMy son ruins
My son ruins

Religious place of worship during the 4th century
RuinsRuins
Ruins

Most of the temples were associated with divinites, particularily Shiva
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Ruins

During the Vietnam war the area was devestated - traces of 68 structures have been found, 25 have survived
Our tour guide was a little boring!Our tour guide was a little boring!
Our tour guide was a little boring!

It was 35 degrees out, no breeze....



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