A day in Hanoi today. We took an Urban Adventure tour to some of the major sites. Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum and a viewing of the body. He died in 1969. Lots of Soviet style officialdom, buildings and military parade ground. The French style Presidential Palace but they don't let people in there. HCM's simple house, 3 of his cars (2 Russian and 1 French) and his office which was like a summer house. The Ethnology museum was really interesting with examples of houses that had been built on site, and some beautiful textiles in the main building. Back through the crazy traffic to the Temple of Literature, the oldest university in Vietnam.
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