Radtour zur Thien Mu Pagode With the bicycle to the Thien Mu Pagoda |
Zurück in der Stadt gehen wir in Ninas Café um dort ausgiebig zu Abend zu essen. Die vietnamesische Küche mit ihren vielen frischen Kräutern schmeckt uns nicht nur gut, sondern soll ja auch eine der gesündesten der Welt sein.
Flagturm der Zitadelle von Hué Flag tower of the Hué citadel |
Die 9 Kanonen - The 9 cannons |
Als wir am nächsten Morgen wach
werden, regnet es. In Strömen prasselt Dauerregen
auf das Dach. So frühstücken wir im Hotel und starten erst gegen Mittag, als sich das Wetter gebessert hat, mit den Rädern zur Zitadelle.
Eine Regenpause Break because of rain |
In der Zitadelle Inside the citadel |
Noch mehr Einblicke in die Zitadelle More impressions of the citadel |
Zerstörte Gebäude der Zitadelle - Destroyed buidlings inside the citadel |
Der war echt - wir haben Abstand gehalten! This friend has been real, we better kept distance |
Kaiser Ming Mang Grabanlage The imperial tomb of Ming Mang |
Gläubige beten und zünden Räucherstächen an Believers are praying and burn incense |
einem
großen Grabhügel und ist von künstlich angelegten Seen durchzogen. Auf dem Rückweg sehe ich auf einem Hügel eine große weiße Statue
und fahre hin, bzw. auf die Anhöhe hinauf. Oben treffe ich auf viele
Vietnamesen. Sie pilgern hierher um zu beten, weit und breit kein
Tourist – ich komme mir vor wie ein stiller Beobachter. Als ich am
Abend zurück bei Steffi in Hué bin, kaufe ich etwas Baguette für
sie zum Abendessen ein. Ich hingegen esse warm in einer Garküche,
jedoch ist solch öliges Essen wohl noch Gift für Steffis Magen, der
den Tag über einen kleinen Aufstand gemacht hat.
Gräber in der Tu Hien Pagode Graves at the Tu Hien pagoda |
Kaiser Khai Dinh Grabanlage The imperial tomb of Khai Dinh |
In der Kaiserlichen Grabanlage Inside the emperors tomb |
Hué:
205.Tag
(11.12.): Hué, Thien Mu- Pagode (1.17h, 17km)
206.
Tag (12.12.): Hué, Zitadelle (1:12h, 14km)
207.
Tag (13.12.): Hué, Ming-Mang Grab (0:04h, 1km- 35km)
208.
Tag (14.12.): Hué, Tu Hien-Pagode, Khai Dinh-Grab (2:06h, 26km)
The
old Imperial City Hué
At
8 in the morning we finally arrive in the old imperial city Hué. The
bus stops close to the citadel, the old fortress of the town, from
where we ride our bikes along the Perfume river to the pre-booked
hotel. At the Jade hotel we get a heartily welcome with breakfast and
already at 10 a.m. we get our room. Once we entered the nice, clean
but small room Steffi starts to sleep and I get our dirty clothes out
of the bags and wash them by hand. In the afternoon we get some food
at a vegetarian restaurant and cycle to the Thien-Mu pagoda for
sunset later on. "According to the royal annals, Hoang while
touring the vicinity, was told of the local legend in which an old
lady, known as Thiên Mụ (literally "celestial lady"),
dressed in red and blue sat at the site, rubbing her cheeks. She
foretold that a lord would come and erect a pagoda on the hill to
pray for the country's prosperity. She then vanished after making her
prophecy. Upon hearing this, Hoang ordered the construction of a
temple at the site, thus the beginning of Thiên Mụ Tự"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thien_Mu_Pagoda)
Back in the city we go to Nina's Café for an extensive dinner. The
Vietnamese kitchen with it's fresh herbs tastes very good and should
be one of the healthiest in the world.
When
we get up the next morning we hear the sound of heavy rain. We have a
great breakfast and relax until noon, when the rain tapers off a bit.
By bicycle we go to the other side of the river, to the citadel. We
cycle along the flag tower and the nine cannons and want to make one
big circle around the old imperial city. Only half of it is finished
when it starts to rain again, so we find a shelter in a café. As the
rain does not stop we return to the hotel and have to wait until the
afternoon to continue our citadel tour. Through the Ngo Môn, the
Gate of Noon, we get inside the big ground where many palaces and
temples are situated. The citadel of Hué is also known as the
counterpart of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Contrary to the Chinese
Imperial City, the old palace and his fortress in Hué has been
destroyed a lot in the previous wars. Many buildings have been
entirely destroyed and only foundations survived. Some of the temples
are restaurated, others being rebuild upon historical plans. In one
part of the ground we've seen a shooting programme and a big elefant
too. It is already 5 p.m. when we leave the citadel and cycle to
Nina's café to have dinner. Back at the hotel we get a welcome with
fresh juice, this is luxury for us!
Again
we got waken up by rain, so it is easy to turn around once more and
sleep a bit longer. At 10 a.m. we go into the Lobby and have our
breakfast. Although we want to stay some days longer we have to get
all our things together and change the hotel, since this one is fully
booked for the next nights. It has been a nice accomodation, although
a little bit expensive. We change to the Thai Binh hotel that charges
us only half the price (10 USD) compared to the Jade hotel per night.
The standard is a bit lower too, but still okay for us. The move is
exhausting for Steffi as she is a bit ill since yesterday. Thus, I
make a bicycle tour to one of the old imperial graves, the Ming Mang
tomb, by myself. The tomb consists of a sepulchral stele pavilion,
two high obelisks, some more pavilions and the big grave-hill.
Everything is surrounded by artificial lakes. On my way back I can
see a big white statue on a hill close by and decide to watch it
closer. On top of the hill I find myself in a group of Vietnamese. It
looks like they're on a pilgrimage to pray at this place.
Back at our room in Hué I get some Baguette for Steffis dinner (her stomach does not tolerate more right now) and I get my food in a street kitchen close by.
Back at our room in Hué I get some Baguette for Steffis dinner (her stomach does not tolerate more right now) and I get my food in a street kitchen close by.
We
stay another day longer in town – we want to take it easy and to
have enough time that Steffi gets well again. Together we start a
small tour with unloaded, „light“ bikes, first to the Tu Hien
pagoda. Each day at 11 a.m. a ceremony takes place here to adore
Eunuchs. Unfortunately we are too late and miss this rite. The cycle
tour continues along the perfume river to the tomb of the emperor
Khai Dinh. The tomb of the last ruler is fairly different to the
others in the area. It has a modern architecture with classical
elements too. One can find a sepulchral stele pavilion and some
obelisks but all of them are build in conrete. Almost all walls
inside the tomb are decorated with glass and porcelain mosaics, some
of the glass fragments comes from bottles, some of the porcelain
fragments from dishes – funny! On our way back to Hué we make
another stop at the temple of heaven, which is like a big park, for a
picnic. Back in the city we go for a big shopping tour to the big
supermarket and again to the bicycle shop where we adapt the
mudshield that I bought yesterday so it fit's perfectly to Steffis
bike. Back at the hotel we have a great tabbouleh-salad together with
bread and cheese for dinner :-). (that happens once you have a big
supermarket close by)
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