The Imperial City - Hue

After forgetting to set my alarm following Georgie's 21st, I woke up late with a minor headache, dry mouth and in desperate need of water.  Faced with these challenges, I still managed to crawl out of bed for breakfast and walk in the searing heat to The Imperil City.

The flag tower and the sacred cannons:

Ngo Mon Gate:

Thai Hoa Palace:

The Forbidden Purple City:

Dien Tho (The Queen Mother's residence):

There were even elephants in The Imperil City.  At first I was rather excited but then I realised they were chained to a tree, used for tourism and didn't really have a great life - they seemed unhappy too: