Da Nang Our second stop in Viet Nam gave us a feel for the large cities and the traffic experience. We chose a tour to the former imperial capital of Hue, a city about a two hour drive from the Tien Sa Port over the Troung Son Mountain Range which lines the border between Laos and Viet Nam. Unfortunately, our guide, who was very young, was difficult to understand, and he didn’t understand our questions, either. Or maybe, because he had a set explanation of things, he didn’t want to answer us although, I believe it was the former. He was too young to have been a part of the war, and now he lived in a communist country. Having been educated by communists, to him the Viet Nam war was referred to as the US
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