Today we hired a car and driver to take us around some of the royal tombs. The first one we visited was Emperor Ming Mang's tomb, who died in 1841. It was one of the largest complexes that we went to today, and was very picturesque with lakes, gardens and several buildings.
The next stop was the Tomb of Khai Dinh, who reigned from 1916-1925 and was the last of the emperors to be buried in a Royal Tomb in Hue.
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| He's behind you! |
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| The building that holds the tomb |
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| The view from the tomb |
We were allowed to go in to the tomb, which had very elaborate tiling inside and it looked amazing (unfortunately we wasn't allowed to take photos inside) although it did smell a bit of wee which was off putting!
The last tomb of the day was Emperor Tu Duc, who reigned from 1848 - 1883. It was my least favourite out of the 3 and not as grand as the other 2.
Our final stop of the day was Thiên Mụ Pagoda which is a historic temple in Hue. The pagoda has seven storeys and is the tallest in Vietnam. Buddhist Monks live on the site and their homes and gardens are at the back of the site.
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| Thien Mu Pagoda |
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| Don't jump! |
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| Peter and his friend say "I don't think so girlfriend" |
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| The view of the Perfume River from the pagoda |
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| Dragon boats on the river |
The scenery has been amazing today and we have seen a lot of the countryside and villages outside of Hue. It was very hot walking around so it was a relief to get in to the air conditioned car between places - I don't think the poor driver has ever seen such sweaty messes get in to the back of his car!
Poor Peter has come down with a cold - how he has got one in this heat I don't know but he is soldiering on - I hope I don't get it!
This evening we went to a local restaurant and probably had the worse meal of the trip - we ordered tuna in a claypot and sate beef and both were pretty bland. And to top it off, the waiter said to Peter 'your face is wet'.....and it really wasn't - I thought you should have seen him at the tombs earlier!
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| Our only bad meal of the trip so far! |
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