The “Hanoi Hilton” where the French held dissidents and where pilots from the American War of Aggression were held, now a museum. The interpretation of conditions for the Americans were much different than American accounts. They have photos of the nice outfits they were each given upon release including a satchel for special souvenir gifts. As Marty quoted someone else, history is written by the victors.

The iPhone decided on its own these next should be black and white:

Back in color, it looks calm above but we headed the wrong way into streets inches from oncoming buses and trucks. Traffic below is typical and crazy!

Instead of the big commercial water puppet theater we went down a long winding alley to the 4th floor theater in the home of a 7th generation puppeteer and his wife. Below is the narrator. In waders he holds long wooden poles under the water in each hand and has dragons and rowers, etc. acting out scenes. His wife joins for the more complicated action. Then he explained the elaborate process of making them, each only lasting nine months before wearing out in the water. The next day he was being flown to the U.S. for the first time to a woodworkers convention in San Diego.

Hi Chi Min’s mausoleum. We really got to see his waxed body guarded by four very still guards inside, with key lights on his face and hands so they looked to be glowing. Thousands are efficiently processed through. He had requested to be cremated with a humble end but the “people” decided to go this way. His humble home on stilts nearby had a lovely open air dining room below and pretty grounds where he enjoyed gardening. His life was really incredible from getting kicked out of school to traveling the world in various jobs.

We went again to the Literature temple below, which is next door to our favorite store, Indigo, where they dye and sew things upstairs.

The Women’s Museum had great tribal costumes and a floor devoted to war heros. Against the U.S., 40 percent of the army were women. The chic outfit below on the left is really the undergarments for the one on the right.

The museum described how the women I saw on the street makes her bean centered rice cake.

At this public park anyone can try archery. And along the water, anyone can catch fish living in dirty water.