Complex of the Hue Monuments
After an hour plane ride from Ho Chi Minh City, we arrived at the beautiful resort city of Da Nang . It took us another 45 minutes to arrive at our hotel in Hoi An city - the Hoi An Historic hotel. It is the first hotel in this town which 5 minute walk to the ancient town center. The trip to Hue city , which was the former capital of unified Vietnam in 1802 was a three and a half hour ride with several stops- the French and American bunkers in the previous wars, a marble museum and restaurant, before arriving at the citadel. Hue was not only a political but also cultural and religious center under the Nguyen dynasty until 1945. The Perfume river - which we traversed winding through the capital, the Imperial city and the Inner city gives this unique feudal capital a setting of great natural beauty.