Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Report # 66 Da Nang, Vietnam March 6, 2016 Sunday Partly cloudy & 73 degrees 86 Pictures Part #2 of 3


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Subject: Report # 66   Da Nang, Vietnam   March 6, 2016   Sunday   Partly cloudy & 73 degrees   86  Pictures  Part #2 of 3

Report # 66   Da Nang, Vietnam   March 6, 2016   Sunday   Partly cloudy & 73 degrees   86  Pictures  Part #2 of 3

 

Tu Duc Tombs and Lunch and Citadel…..more photos…..

 

 

Elaborate tomb carvings

 

The Emperor's tomb, although he is buried in France now

 

Stairway up the hill

 

The Queen's tomb

 

Pine trees of the hunting grounds

 

Moc Vien – our lunch venue

 

Nice entrance to the restaurant

 

Landscaped grounds

 

Lotus blossoms

 

Pavilion at Moc Vien

 

The buffet offerings – mostly gone, but filled later

 

Eating where we chose

 

Huda Beer

 

Buffet center

 

Gardens and ponds

 

Halyconia

 

Pond decorations

 

More food stands

 

Mary Ann waiting for bananas

 

Well-wishers at our coach

 

Huda Beer was great

 

Street food

 

Thien Mu Pagoda in Hue

 

Steep stairway to the pagoda

 

Boats on the Perfume River

 

Tourists boat rides

 

Buddhist pagoda grounds

 

Buddhist shrine is the tallest religious building in Vietnam

 

Portal to more buildings

 

Most revered Buddhist Shrine

 

Many visitors on Sunday

 

A deity

 

Temple on the top

 

Monks at work

 

Beautiful bonsai

 

Takes years to create a bonsai this size

 

Sunday was family day

 

Tree-lined grounds

 

Many smaller pagodas

 

Pagoda buildings

 

Lotus blooms

 

Catfish-filled pond

 

Spacious

 

Many visitors

 

Monk building

 

Trees blooming

 

Monk quarters

 

River runs through it

 

Temple

 

View of the Perfume River

 

Treasures at the pagoda market, but no time to shop

 

Many vendors

 

Tourist boat with a dragon bow

 

Bridge over the river

 

Heading towards the Citadel

 

The Citadel

 

Grounds of the Citadel

Cannons represent the four seasons

 

Modern motorcycles

 

Inner walled fortress – built by Emperor Gia Long in 1804

 

The fortress – the walls were over 6 feet thick

 

The moat was earthen, replaced by stone

 

Fortress levels – some signs of bullet holes in buildings

 

Cost to get in

 

The gate entrance

 

Healthy koi carp in the outer moat

 

Thousands of koi

 

Looking for food

 

Strange sculpture

 

Our groups gather at one of the palaces that survived the war

 

Plumeria trees were dormant, but the flowers were blooming

 

Looking towards the out walls – many of these buildings were bombed

 

A citadel horse

 

Spring flowers

 

Inner palace where the Vietnamese Emperor lived

 

One of the Dynastic Urns – immense vessels

 

 

Imprinted with different Vietnam regions

 

Waiting to enter

 

The walk was long

 

One gate

 

Citadel buildings

 

Antiquities Museum

 

Museum grounds

 

Re-done roofs and designs

 

 

Restored roof