Arriving in Hue

Xin Chao! Welcome to Hue! Today is the official start of the UCR Summer Travel Study Program in Hue Vietnam. For the next five weeks, we'll explore this former imperial city of pre-colonial Vietnam and surrounding areas of Central Vietnam. The class "Vietnam Wars" is being led by me, David Biggs, a history prof at Riverside. My wife, a Hue girl once removed and pictured here with Scuppy, will be assisting Hue University staff on offering a course on Vietnamese language. Pictured here is the 1833 Moon Gate entrance into the Royal Palace. It is copied from the Chinese Forbidden City model but includes some uniquely Vietnamese and even Western features. We are staying at Thanh Noi Hotel just a short walk from here, inside the walls of the "old" city.