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VIETNAM | Wed, 7 Jun 2017 | By tigerlillytravels | Views [774]
The hotel was incredible. We checked in and the reception staff quite happily called the scooter company to tell them we had arrived. They then sent us up to the 8th floor where we were shown to a table set with a plate of fruit and a glass of passion ... Read more >
Tags: citadel, flag tower, hue, imperial city, luxury hotel, purple forbidden city, relaxing, sunburn, vietnam, wanderlust
HUNGARY | Mon, 29 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [755]
I woke up in my hostel and was enjoying a cup of coffee in the hostel common room when a group of 4 Aussies walked into the hostel to check in. We stared at each other out of recognition from some point in the past couple weeks. It turns out these ... Read more >
Tags: beer bike, buda, budapest, castle, citadel, hungary, i know you!, parliment, pest
VIETNAM | Mon, 29 Sep 2014 | By megandrob | Views [467]
We arrived in Hue at around 4pm on Saturday, and headed off to our hostel.
We got showered, and headed out for a couple of drinks at a bar, called Brown Eyes (Robin was giggling), near our hostel. They had the friendliest bar staff I have ever met, ... Read more >
Tags: citadel, coffee, hue, market, tombs, vietnam
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By kakimono | Views [513]
My sister and I arrived at the Aberdeen train station a full hour early. Early enough to catch an earlier train to Stonehaven. A station attendant noticed us looking at the destination lists and asked us where we were going, then told us there was ... Read more >
Tags: car, castle, citadel, steps, walking
VIETNAM | Sat, 17 May 2014 | By goingsolo | Views [648]
The Citadel in Hue is one of the most beautiful places I have had the opportunity to explore. It has been ravaged by war, but there has been some effort to restore it to its former glory. I can't help but observe the contradiction between ... Read more >
Tags: citadel, culture, hue, royalty
VIETNAM | Thu, 25 Apr 2013 | By ashbyrne | Views [568]
Hi guys, gotten a bit behind with the blog but heres the one for the few days in Hue
Hue is a pretty city, a lot quieter than Hanoi which is a nice thing. Arrived at 7pm in the evening and hopped in a taxi to the backpackers hostel which ... Read more >
Tags: citadel, hue
VIETNAM | Mon, 15 Oct 2012 | By sglass | Views [1149]
After a wonderful week in Hoi An, we headed up to the nearby port city of Da Nang to catch a train further north to the ancient capital city of Hue (pronounced "Hway"). The views from the train were unbelievable- this is said to be the most beautiful ... Read more >
Tags: citadel, da nang, hue, train, vietnam, vietnam war
VIETNAM | Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [2279]
It
was only a four hour journey to Hue from Hoi An but we still had the
bizarre “sleeping bus” to semi-horizontally not sleep in for
the journey. We allowed ourselves to be taken to the suggested
guesthouse ... Read more >
Tags: citadel, culture, hangover, history
VIETNAM | Fri, 26 Sep 2008 | By katandstevie | Views [657]
After a 12 hour night bus from Ninh Binh, incorporating a flat tyre and a very bumpy road, we eventually arrived at Hue. As usual we were dropped off quite strategically at one of the hotels where the staff consequently started taking our luggage off ... Read more >
Tags: citadel, dmz, hue, pagoda