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Month: June 2016 (page 3 of 7)
… to take a picture of my shelf with barely anything on and send it to him / post it. Don’t now why… anyway, here’s your picture, Sean.
My shelf with barely anything on
Fully-loaded bike
What is this? A house for ants!
Good museum. Extremely hot inside. Let’s see what’s outside! This is the only photo I took…
“Can I help you, pal?”
What do you call someone who always takes a sudden beeline to where they want to go?
Vera
The Vietnamese Mona Lisa…
Ho Chi Minh statue
The man himself (in wax form)
Ho Chi Minh
Viet soldier
Couldn’t read much of the stuff in the museum as it was all in Vietnamese. This museum is obviously geared towards the opinions of the Vietnamese and it is interesting to see it from their perspective.
Plus… air-con!
Black Jack’s
I went for a burger… it wasn’t even the biggest one they sold!
Black Jack’s burger
Obviously it was bloody brilliant….
After a 2 and a half hour bus ride in a seat designed for the shorter gentleman, we arrived at Ninh Binh.
A temple at Ninh Binh
We’re on a boat!
Ninh Binh
Ninh Binh cave
Obligatory photo:
Ninh Binh
Totally worth the painful bus ride!
Water puppets
The show lasted around 45 minutes and was very entertaining. If not for the plot (it was in Vietnamese), then for the music and the intricate puppetry.
The plot was easy to follow with little scenes lasting 3-4 minutes maximum, each with their own story to tell.
Before we went to this puppet show we read reviews and a handful were saying that they couldn’t believe there was no English translation (really?), or “a little context would have been nice!”. Honestly, no “context” is needed to get the point of the scenes.
The music is performed live and you can find yourself watching them instead of the puppets because of how good a job they do.
Gate of the commander of the regiment
“Lantern” Street
Fancy restaurant
We found a market where bought a few bits.
Went to the lake with an island in the middle. Visited the temple on the island that we paid about $1 to get in to.
After all that we had to barter a $2 (from $3) “tuk tuk”? back to the hotel as it was too hot to walk back the whole way.
At 10am yesterday the signage of the Granary pub fell of on to the bus stop below. Luckily nobody was hurt.
Granary signage
Granary signage
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