Today I went to visit the citadel of the Emporer's of Vietnam. The Emporers lived in a special city known as the citadel, which was enormous, a town in itself. There were hundreds of buildings, but following the bombing by the US during the Vietnam war, less than a quarter remain.

Afterwards we went to the Buddhist pagoda, which was the temple of the monk who self immolated as a protest to the war.

Later we went by boat up the Perfume River, then by motorbike through the back alleys to the tomb of the Emporers. On the way back to Hue, we ate a meal of noodles, cooked on a fire on the boat, and walked back to the hotel.

Tonight we head to Hanoi.