Hue is a city located about an hour and a half flying from Hanoi, Vietnam. For us, Hue served as a city of passage between Hanoi and Hoi An and is an ideal city to visit for a day or two, but not to dedicate more time and Hoi An will be waiting a couple of hours by bus or car.

Photography by johnlemon

Hué Bridge:

Hué is situated on both banks of the Huong river, the old part is on one side and the new in the other. The Perfume River in Hue step has a width very considerable and can only be crossed by several bridges. One is metal and at night the colors that illuminate the bridge are changing making you think the visitor is in a bridge club where the music are the horns of cars and motorcycles that you forward. (más…)

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and its name means the city beyond the river. Hanoi is a “typical” Asian capital, with all the good and bad that implies this definition to a modern city. Its streets and chaotic traffic, street restaurantes, their small bikes and sidewalks occupied by the heat during summer allows any visitor to realize that in an Asian city. However, Hanoi also has a charm that other cities do not have, for example, be a city without too many skyscrapers, with neighborhoods (or rather street) separated by offices such as Beijing’s hutongs.

Photography by Eustaquio Santimano

From Hanoi we recommend to wander through its streets in the center while you are visiting sites in the city with which it is best to move with a certain type of transportation, whether by motorcycle or tuk-tuk Vietnamese. (más…)