A beautiful cycling day – exploring Hue. Visited a small village market, came across a wedding celebration, visited a Buddhist Monastery, visited Forbidden City (under reconstruction, but quite amazing), finished the day at a Professors House where he spoke to us of feng shui, Buddhist respect for ancestors, his family fed us specially cooked dishes local to the area, and he shared his fame and travels as part of his work on preserving historical sites throughout Vietnam. His wife’s ancestors were royalty.
Dip nets
Catholic church
Catholic church
Water lilies
Water lilies
Catholic church
Wedding scene along trail/small road
Wedding scene along trail/small road
He wanted his picture taken!
The bride and groom
Beautiful tile
Village market
Market scene
Fruits and veggies
Seller at market
Market goods
More veggies
Chloe at village market
Village center
Gas pump
Chloe and Ed
Part of Buddhist monestary
View from monestary
Chloe at monestary
Ed and Chloe – Perfume River
Buddhist monk – took time to answer many of our questions
Started bicycling portion of the trip. We rode to King’s tomb — impressive. Gorgeous views. We visited an orphanage run by Buddhist Nuns — Chloe brought them chocolate coins, I brought them AlphaGraphics pens! Ended up at a gorgeous resort – the pool felt great! Very nice, traditional meal. Every meal, lunch or dinner, seems to have seven courses.
Tomb of 12th King of Vietnam (very early 1900’s)
Amazing Tile Work at King’s Tomb
Ceiling Inside King’s Tomb
View From King’s Tomb
Mandarins Outside King’s Tomb
Orphanage Run By Buddhist Monks. They now all have AlphaGraphics pens to write with!
Started the day at Ho Chi Min’s Tomb. Then went to see Confucian University/Shrine, John McCain’s memorial – took a pedicab/rickshaw ride, saw the street scenes and traffic from the middle of the road, and ended up the day at the world-famous water puppet show.
