

Hue, Vietnam
Vietnam Part 2
08/03/10
We rented bikes again from our hotel and explored the southern region of Hue, the Royal Arena would be our first stop. The emperors amused themselves at the arena by watching fights between tigers and elephants, tigers representing rebel forces and elephants symbolising the unequalled might of the sovereign. It was apparently, a pretty one sided fight which the elephant was never allowed to lose, and contemporary accounts suggest that in...