After Hanoi/Halong Bay, I flew to Hue. I spent the majority of the day traveling, and then dinner brought my first authentic Pho experience:
Yum!
The next day, I went out exploring the Imperial City.
China used to rule here, which is why there are lots of traditional Chinese temples, characters, etc.
Exhibit A
This guy started talking to me while I was trying to listen to the guide talk about the history of the city. He kept speaking Vietnamese to me, even though I only knew about 10 Vietnamese words. He knew this, but either found it amusing or was crazy. I couldn't tell.
Selfie with a guard!
Incense is a huge religious experience in front of and inside most temples in SE Asia.
Old ladies and fruit...so photogenic. What can I say?
Thien Mu Pagoda was a site of anti-government protest in the 1960s. At the time, the government was pro-Catholic and anti-Buddhist. It was from here that the first monk travelled from to Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and publicly burnt himself to death to draw the world's attention to the actions of the government.
Graffiti=art
After Hue, I made my way to Hoi An. To get there, I drove through Da Nang, a beautiful beach town.
A guy trying to sell me postcards while the bus stopped for a photo opt. Obviously I took the bait.
We stopped at the top of a massive hilly mountain to take photos. One side was Hue, the other was Da Nang.
The Hue side. Wedding photos of strangers...
Human cake toppers
The Da Nang side off in the distance
One of the hardest things about traveling by bus the majority of the first half of my trip was the fact that I wanted to take pictures of everything, but a lot of times they turned out mediocre-at-best because we were moving. As a photographer, it broke my heart when I missed a good shot! This is all to say the quality of this one is awful, but this bridge was awesome!
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