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Highlights of Hue

I've learned that when a city is proclaimed as a country's cultural capital, it usually means it's cold. True to form, Hue (pronounced h-way) features gray-hued skies, a chilly wind drafting over the river and squat buildings crowding the winding...
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Postcard from the Imperial City of Hue

When I think of cities surrounded by walls and moats, I think France in the Middle Ages (i.e. Avignon).  I certainly don't think of 19th-century Vietnam. But the Imperial City of Hue was constructed in 1802, its ruin only amplified by American...
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