Koi fish at the Citadel in Hue, Vietnam.

Different Hues. (Hue, Vietnam)

Things to do in Hue, Vietnam.

Vietnam is hard to be in sometimes. Because I want to know more about the war. I want to know what my dad did here. I want to know what he saw here. I want to know where he was here. I want to know if I’m standing anywhere close to a place he once was standing. Seeing anything that he once saw.

And I can’t ask him.

And I wish I did when I had the chance.

 

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In Hue, Vietnam, I met up with Augustine and the British boys who ditched us for Christmas lunch (Mike, Matt, and Lawrence).

We spent our first day sightseeing around.

First getting talked into taking a boat across the river that quickly turned into a sales pitch for any tsotchke you could imagine.

Boat ride in Hue, Vietnam

Boat ride in Hue, Vietnam

 

And then lunch, ordered by pointing at unidentifiable meats.

Lunch in Hue, Vietnam

Lunch in Hue, Vietnam

Lunch in Hue, Vietnam

Lunch in Hue, Vietnam

 

We went to a park full of US air crafts and tanks…

US Aircrafts in Hue, Vietnam

US Aircrafts in Hue, Vietnam

 

…and the Hue Citadel.

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Citadel in Hue, Vietnam

Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.

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  • Maxine
    December 30, 2011at9:38 pm

    Your pics in this post are amazing!

  • koibids
    May 9, 2018at7:16 am

    what an amazing picture.

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