Week Two Begins

This afternoon we walked inside the walls of the palace and visited some of the remaining structures inside. This incense burner is one of several in front of a temple for the memory of 10 of the 13 Nguyen kings who are buried in Hue. The other three died in exile.

The program is now in its second week and students have now started to move out from the comforts of the hotel to di choi with some of the local students. Last night was the full moon, and some of the Hue students showed up and took some of the UCR students out to some cafes up on a hillside with an excellent view of the river. Hue people have a custom of lighting candles in small paper lanterns that they then set afloat on the river. Since last night was the eve before a major lunar calendar festival, the river was covered with these lanterns.