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| After the Covid-19 hiatus, like many Singaporeans who travelled, I decided to take a holiday in Central Vietnam - Danang, Hoi An and Hue. I organised a group of 10 pax, bought the air tickets and thru an agent in Hanoi, headed to Danang, from where our guide transferred us to Hue, the capital during the last imperial dynasty from 1802 to 1945. We had dinner at the Ancient Hue Houses which is a high-end resort. I have been to the north, south and central regions of Vietnam and I find the central the most interesting and enjoyable. Life here is not fast paced, the people are more friendly, and crime is low. There is abundant seafood which is very fresh and relatively inexpensive in Danang. Besides that, there is in Quang Binh Province the biggest cave in the World called Son Doong Cave. |
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| Dinner in the restaurant with a nice ambience. |
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| Called noodles, this dish looks like fried rice-sticks (kway teow) with a generous sprinkling of prawns. This is quite a common dish thru out Central Vietnam. It tasted better than others we had later. |
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| Chicken fried with Basel leaves. It tasted better than a pork dish we had the same evening where the meat was rather hard. |
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| On the way to the Hue Royal Complex, home for the last royal dynasty (Nguyen Dynasty) of Imperial Vietnam, we visited a workshop where incense sticks, conical hats and lanterns are made. What you see are not broomsticks but incense sticks. |
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| Helen is trying her hand at making an incense stick. She made the best one. |
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| An island in the Hue Royal Complex where animals were released for the king and other royalty to shoot. |
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| The pavilion from where the king would shoot the animals. |
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| A temple within the complex |
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| An altar in the temple |
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| The king would rest here in the temple. You will observe a galaxy of stars on the roof. Astrology was widely practised then. |
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| Epitaph to King Tu Duc carved in stone |
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