The faces of Hue
By Mark Bowyer / Last updated 20 May 2011
- 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.
- Hue, Vietnam
- 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
