We were lucky on our last southeast Asia travel journey that the rainy season only caught us once, in the city of Hue. Unfortunately it caught us in such a way that we ended up evacuating along with many other tourists, and did not see any sights of this former Vietnamese capital. Hue was one of the main cities Troy wanted to see on our return to Asia, and so we set aside 5 nights for exploration here. The journey to Hue was via an 11.5 hour train ride fro...

3 important lessons were learned during our brief and incomplete time in Hue: 1. When it is raining, and you think, "We won't go tour the main sites today because tomorrow has to be better", you are being foolish. The weather can always get worse. Cloudy photos are better than none at all. 2. Those flimsy flip-flops that Clare did not bring because she scoffs at how impractical they are do serve a purpose other than kicking around on the beach, and protecting y...