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Having got up early nearly every day for the past ten days, we decided to take it easy, and hired a boat to take us around the local sights at our own pace (lunch included). We visited a pagoda, and the emperors tomb\/park\/temple, all very beautiful, and quite Chinese influenced.\n
\n(dinner, then outside the temple for the emporers ‘minor wives’: 4 pictured)
\nThe next day we took a taxi (proper air con) to visit the citadel or imperial city, that had been occupied by vietnamese emperors until the revolution in the 1950s. After a performance of traditional Vietnamese court-music we explored the complex in the mid-day heat, which has become something of a tradition.
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\nOur last evening was spent eating as much as we possibly could at a posh hotel buffet, and congratulations go to Thy Anne for eating the most cakes. on Thursday it was time to say goodbye to Mum, Tanh, Ton and Thyan and get a night train to Hanoi, while the others returned to Saigon. So much fun traveling with you all, and beware any taxi drivers or hawkers who cross Dr. Tanh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"