Friday, April 19, 2024
We've just finished a short and sharp two stay in Hue. This will hopefully be the last time we spend such little time in a place. We did manage to fit a lot in but it was very hot and tiring.
Hue is a city located basically at the halfway point of Vietnam. The Perfume River splits the city and a tour guide we had joked that the south bank is in South Vietnam and the north Bank in North Vietnam. I'm not sure if this is a official definition but I don't think so.
It was the capital of Imperial Vietnam and the town is dominated by the old Imperial citadel. The countryside has several tombs built by the emperors.
Hue is close to the 17th parallel which split North and South Vietnam before reunification. It was fought over in the Vietnam war during the Tet offensive with most of its historic buildings being damaged or destroyed.