January 20th, A Bus Ride to Hue

We started out this day on a bus ride to Hue. For today's travel we took the scenic route over Cloudy Mountain Pass. The views along the coast were stunning. I didn't even try to capture them through the windows of the bus.

Arriving in Hue we toured the palace grounds of the Nguyen emperors. I haven't been able to find a year when this complex was built but a few hundred years could be a vague but reasonable estimate. At the gate we went through to enter the compound we saw cannons and I was impressed by the amount of detail in the metal work. I've given you a picture of that below.

Walking further into the complex we saw older palace buildings, traditional music players and beautiful landscaping. All of the grounds are in various stages of restoration and very interesting to see. 

Our hotel room in Hue at Silk Path Grand Hotel was lovely. The bed was extremely wide. I think it was made of 2 full sized or 2 queen sized beds pushed together. You could get lost in it. For the first time ever anywhere, our room included fire escape hoods. I really didn't know whether to be alarmed or reassured. 

One other thing I nearly forgot about this day. I saw the coolest bridge ever. Leaving Danang to make out way over the mountains we stopped for pictures of this dragon bridge. Why can't we in the US have such cool looking bridges?

PS. Superbowl today. Will you be watching?

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