The Tombs and Pagodas in Hue

I'd met a guy from England, a guy from France and a girl from Australia, the day before, who also wanted to go to the tombs. We hired a couple of bikes between us, and a guide so we wouldn't get lost, and headed out,

The tombs didn't have much information, and a lot of them had been destroyed. They were for the Emperor, who had ruled Vietnam after the Chinese invasion. There was some tombs that were for the Emperors wives- he had 500 of them! 

What is left of the tombs for the Emperor's wives

An archway at the tombs

After lunch, we went to the Pagoda, which we had been told was very beautiful. We were taken inside by a lady when we got there. She told us to take off our coats (the rain had come!) and shoes, and took pictures of us in the temple. 

A tall building at the Pagoda

                 By the bell

Our next stop was another Pagoda which was meant to be the tallest one. It was quite impressive though was not as nice as the one we had just seen. 

          The tall Pagoda 

At this site there was the car from the Vietnam war, where the Bhuddist monk, Quàng Durc, had set himself on fire. He had driven to an intersection in Saigon, gotten out the car, and burned himself to death, in protest to the persecution of Bhuddist monks by the South Vietnamese government, led by Diêm. 

The car

Us in our rain geer! 

After headed back to the hostel, the others got a bus to Hanoi and I spent a while trying to book a train to Dong Hoi that wasn't really expensive- travel agents massively bump the price. After I'd found one for $6 rather than $20, I got some dinner with a girl I met in Danang and 2 German girls that she was with.