Anbother overnight train ride brought us back to Hanoi for a couple of more days of sightseeing and one overnight in our favorite little St. Joseph's Hotel. The highlight was a performance of the "Water Puppets". A very traditional Vietnames folk story telling art form, with a troupe performing with puppets numerous vignettes of daily life in the country side and ancient tales. It's all done on a pond which forms the stage. There are lots of dragons, turtles, fishermen etc. Very entertaining, with a live orchestra and of course all in Vietnamese.
Another sight we saw was the "Hanoi Hilton" actually it's the Hoa Lo Prison where the US soldiers that were shot down during the war, were held (including John McCain). It was of course very depressing and somber but interesting. WE also saw the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, including the actual Chairman Ho Chi Minh, very well preserved (embalmed) in a big glass case and guarded, that was incredible. Thousands of people filing by looking at him after 42 years of his death.
I want to ramble on, but have to go catch our flight home, we are in Seoul, Korea and a 10 hour layover! More from home, it was an incrredible journey,.
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