 001 - First views of Hanoi from the hotel sanctuary. |
 002 - Deadly green water surrounds the downtown shrines. |
 004 - Remnants of an earlier expedition. |
 005 - Travelers rest in the shade of the shrine. It was about 800 degrees. Really. |
 007 - This huge lake looked awfully refreshing, but I remembered the death canoe. |
 009 - Ngoc Son temple being flocked by people. |
 012 - I wondered if I could find a place to ride a wild water buffalo. |
 013 - Me looking, and feeling, way too hot! |
 015 - A ceremonial burning pit. Did I mention it was hot. Damn hot. |
 016 - The bridge back to the mainland beckoned. |
 018 - Tigers are cool, too bad they don't have those in Hanoi. |
 021 - Here there be dragons? |
 022 - Locals make the treacherous climb to the shrine of the ancestors. |
 025 - The Martyr's Monument - they almost look just like normal people! |
 026 - The entrance to Ngoc Son is a spot of tranquility in the middle of the busy city. |
 027 - The busy city! Motorcycles are the way to go here except for the occasional crash! |
 031 - St. Joseph Cathedral towers as an icon of Catholicism in this foreign land. |
 033 - Mystical rock structures guard the path to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. |
 036 - The One Pillar Pagoda. Later, I'd find much cooler pagodas! |
 041 - Little icons speckle the landscape near the pagoda. |
 042 - Inside the pagoda. |
 045 - When I grow up, I'm going to build my house on top of a lilly pond! |
 048 - Aren't they pretty? |
 050 - Another strange rock critter in a pond. |
 053 - Approaching the Mausoleum proper, large signs I couldn't read told me everything I didn't know. |
 054 - The center of communism in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh's resting place. |
 055 - HCM's honor guard, last protectors of the communist way. |
 060 - Meanwhile, back in the band hall... |
 064 - A little man goes for a walk. |
 069 - He's looking for his beloved. You can tell from the pedestal he'll carry her on. |
 070 - The whole village helps him in his search. Poor sod. |
 071 - Of course, he has to slay the dragon. But is the dragon within or without? |
 073 - His bros come to help him. You can always count on your bros. |
 077 - Ah hark, he has found her, or twelve of her as the case may be! |
 078 - Even the band is thinking, "that poor sod". |
 081 - The theatre prepares for the final reveal! |
 082 - The actors and actresses, waist deep in their medium. |
 083 - Y'all come back now, hear? |
 084 - The tower of Ali Baba. I have no idea what this thing in the dark was. |
 087 - Enough of Hanoi, it was time to visit the countryside. |
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