Today, the driver brought us to pay a respect in Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh is preserved in the cooled, central hall of the mausoleum, which is protected by a military honour guard. The body lies in a glass case with dim lights. The mausoleum is closed occasionally while work is done to restore and preserve the body but is normally open daily from 09:00 to 12:00 to the public. Lines of visitors, including visiting foreign dignitaries, pay their respects at the mausoleum every day.
When we arrived the mausoleum, we have to leave our bags in a counter, you can bring your camera, wallet and phone with you, they will give you a "special bag" to put your stuffs in it. Your bag will be only can take back when you about to leave because besides the mausoleum inside there also can visit Ho Chi Minh Palace and Museum.
Before enter into the mausoleum you have to put the "special bag" in another counter. They not allow you bring any camera in when entering but you can get back your gadget once you out from the mausoleum and continue visit the palace and the museum.
The One Pillar Pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It is regarded alongside the Perfume Temple, as one of Vietnam's two most iconic temples. The temple is built of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 m in diameter, and it is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond.
Ho Chi Museum is a museum dedicated to the late Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam's revolutionary struggle against foreign powers.
Because the weather is really super HOT, so we decided to try the very popular ice cream in Hanoi !!!
Trang Tien ice cream is famous for the wide variety of flavors including bean, chocolate, young glutinous rice, and milk, which are sweet and delicious. People can feel the ice cream melting in their mouth. Since its first appearance in 1958, Trang Tien ice cream has maintained its reputation thanks to the particular quality and flavors. Despite its fame, the price is very reasonable —everyone can enjoy it
I tried vanilla and chocolate but I did not eat the one come with packaging, instead, I tried the cone ice cream. For me the ice cream is so so, but since is so popular so can try it out when go over there. Maybe should try out their different flavours' ice cream.
After that we headed to Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. This museum is focus on the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups in Vietnam. It is widely considered to be the finest modern museum in Vietnam and a tourist attraction in Hanoi.
We had a great time over in this Museum ^^
We had our dinner at Wrap & Roll. Their spring roll is variety, taste so so. But I don't really like their service. Sometimes when tourist pay money and take back the change, they don't really see exactly how much they take back because due to vietnamese dong is really too small. Like our dinner is 408,100 Dong and I paid 600,000. Surpassingly the change is 191,900 Dong, somehow they 900 behind just dissapear. But if they tell me upfront say that they don't have small change, I am Ok with it. But they pretend they don't know, so I had to take back even just 900 Dong. Maybe sometimes they just wish tourist will not count !!!
After dinner we went for Traditional Water Puppet show, is very near our hotel (should say just in front of our hotel!!).
Water Puppet is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam. Today's Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique variation on the ancient Asian puppet tradition.
Modern water puppetry is performed in a pool of water 4 meters square with the water surface being the stage. Performance today occurs on one of three venues—on traditional ponds in villages where a staging area has been set up, on portable tanks built for traveling performers, or in a specialized building where a pool stage has been constructed.
Up to 8 puppeteers stand behind a split-bamboo screen, decorated to resemble a temple facade, and control the puppets using long bamboo rods and string mechanism hidden beneath the water surface. The puppets are carved out of wood and often weigh up to 15 kg.
A fruitful day 2 trip ^^
Is time to rest and get ready to go Halong Bay tomorrow !!!!!!
Thanks for reading !
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