Hue, Vietnam

After my time in Hanoi/Halong Bay, I jumped on a plane and headed down to Hue. This is a pretty small town but has some interesting things to see. The main attraction is the Citadel, which is an old fort that had belonged to the Mandarin rule during its time. Unfortunately, much of the area has been destroyed by war or typhoons but I still enjoyed spending a couple hours here to explore the area. I also loved that the citadel was pretty big so there were times that I was exploring an area and hardly anyone was within view. Here are some pics:

On my walk home I stopped by the Imperial Hotel that has a swanky roof top bar. Although I spent a whopping $5 for my drink (that is expensive--almost half the cost of my hotel room that night!), it was worth it for the view of Hue:

I then headed back to a restaurant across from my hotel. Although I found Hue a less than exciting place, this evening was one of my favorites. To my left were a group of young girls playing some sort of local card game, the waitress kept laughing at me as I attempted to speak Vietnemese (thanks to the language book Shirley gave me, I finally got a cold beer), there was only one other tourist in the place, and it was just a really cool place.