Hanoi
Went to see Ho Chi Minh's body this morning. It has been embalmed by a soviet expert and so looked a lot laike a waxwork, very creepy. I just felt sorry for the poor guy as he just wanted to be cremated and spread on three different mountains, rather than place in a huge building and sent to Russia for three months every years for maintenance. I got told off in this big building for "talking" and then for "sniggering". These are apparently both forbidden.
On to the Temple of Literature where I discovered very little about literature, but the rain is definitely a-happening in Hanoi. Some guy in a poncho followed me trying to sell me a poncho. No luck for him - I was already soaked and thankfully this time wearing appropriately coloured underwear.
The evening took me to a water puppet show, which was an interesting idea. Although it was only 45 minutes long I really enjoyed it, so many wacky instruments in the orchestra and the puppets were impressive. The dragons squirted water, the buffaloes fought and the coconuts were picked (and then danced). A definite recommendation. Afterwards I went to "Le Pub" on the recommendation of Lonely Planet, and had a great time winning at free pool and then watching the boys losing to the bar tenders (as soon as I saw the bar guys had their own cues I knew that was the foregone conclusion!)
Photo count: About 3,000. Pretty good, although I was doing much better until Halong Bay, and things like the scooter full of pigs....
Went to see Ho Chi Minh's body this morning. It has been embalmed by a soviet expert and so looked a lot laike a waxwork, very creepy. I just felt sorry for the poor guy as he just wanted to be cremated and spread on three different mountains, rather than place in a huge building and sent to Russia for three months every years for maintenance. I got told off in this big building for "talking" and then for "sniggering". These are apparently both forbidden.
On to the Temple of Literature where I discovered very little about literature, but the rain is definitely a-happening in Hanoi. Some guy in a poncho followed me trying to sell me a poncho. No luck for him - I was already soaked and thankfully this time wearing appropriately coloured underwear.
The evening took me to a water puppet show, which was an interesting idea. Although it was only 45 minutes long I really enjoyed it, so many wacky instruments in the orchestra and the puppets were impressive. The dragons squirted water, the buffaloes fought and the coconuts were picked (and then danced). A definite recommendation. Afterwards I went to "Le Pub" on the recommendation of Lonely Planet, and had a great time winning at free pool and then watching the boys losing to the bar tenders (as soon as I saw the bar guys had their own cues I knew that was the foregone conclusion!)
Photo count: About 3,000. Pretty good, although I was doing much better until Halong Bay, and things like the scooter full of pigs....
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