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    The faces of Hue

    / Last updated 19 May 2011

    Introduction

    This gallery takes a look at the amazing people of Vietnam's former capital, Hue.
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    • Hard work in the Hue countryside. At Gia Long's Tomb
    • Three generations of a Hue family in the backstreets behind the citadel wall.
    • Madam Ba Do, the owner of one of Hue's best local eateries.
    • Staff at Ba Do restaurant making banh nam.
    • Monk at Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue
    • Monks catch some football at Tu Hieu Pagoda, Hue
    • Hue's citadel is a favourite place for wedding photography
    • Dang Thuy Tram was a doctor who worked alongside communist forces in the Vietnam War. She was killed by US forces in 1970. Her diaries were held for decades by a US veteran. They were published in 2005 to great acclaim. This is her brother in the house in which she lived in Hue.
    • People of the backstreets inside the citadel walls Hue.
    • People of the backstreets inside the citadel walls Hue.
    • Mr Lac of Lac Thien restaurant. His deafness hasn't stopped him from owning one of Hue's most successful traveller restaurants.
    • Mr Cu, Hue's resident photographer and owner of Mandarin Cafe.
    • Bananas to market, Hue.
    • Cyclos doing the heavy lifting, Hue
    • The last home of Emperor Khai Dinh's wife - mother of Bao Dai, Vietnam's last king.
    • A photo of Bao Dai - Vietnam's last king in the last home of his mother.
    • Classic Hue characters on Bach Dang St nearby Dieu De Pagoda
    • Teacher and students off Bach Dang St, Hue
    • Kids selling small river snails near Dong Ba bridge, Hue
    • Hue seems to have Vietnam's oldest team of cyclo drivers - most of them veterans of the vanquished South Vietnamese Army. For most of them, cyclo driving was the only option.
    • Pomelo seller, Dong Ba market Hue
    • Outside Dong Ba market Hue
    • On the boat to Gia Long's tomb.
    • Cigarette stall, Dong Ba market
    • Siesta, Hue
    • More siesta at the fruit stall, Hue
    • Pensive child at Le Loi School, Hue
    • Market Nguyen Cu Van St, Hue
    • Market Nguyen Cu Van St, Hue
    • Market Nguyen Cu Van St, Hue
    • This billboard commemorates 50 years since the founding of the Ho Chi Minh trail.
    • This retiree, from Nghe An north of Hue, was a senior commander in Communist forces during and after the war. A big slice of Hue's population fled during the war and many have fled since. Many of the city's modern day residents are from provinces north of the old DMZ.
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    • This couple - married for nearly sixty years - share some shade at Thieu Tri's tomb.
    • Smiling staff at La Residence Hotel, Hue
    • Cooling of with a Hue Huda beer on a summer afternoon.
    • Bright young students man the desk at Hue's Fine Arts Museum.
    • Cyclo is a good way to get around Hue.
    • Kids play at the huge bell, Thien Mu Pagoda
    • Ho Chi Minh, Vo Nguyen Giap and Ngo Dinh Diem all studied at Hue's National School. Here, a little courtship unfolds in the school grounds.
    • Martial arts training at Hue's prestigious and historic National School.
    • Cycling outside the National School Hue
    • I travelled with this cyclo driver for a couple of days around Hue. Here we cross the Perfume River.
    • The arrival of gambling in Hue.
    • Restoring Dong Khanh's tomb.
    • Classic characters, Hue
    • A nun at Hue's main cathedral.
    • Some locals enjoy Nem Lui.
    • The postcard seller at o Quyen.
    • Little sister grabs big brother to go home from Bao Quoc Pagoda
    • Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue
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