Today we went for a walk to the large indoor market, Dong Xuan. IT'S HUGE and FULL of things...3 stories high and has lots of places where you can get things custom tailored to you. I have never seen anything like it.
Part of the Market
It poured rain on an off in the morning and we got caught in it walking to and from the market, but since it is so hot here (today it was over 34 degrees C) our pants dried pretty quick. :)
We had lunch at this open air kitchen with typical squatting stools. We had Pho with Bo (beef), it came from this huge gross looking pot, but it was hot (which means it was safe to eat) and delicious! It cost us less than 4 dollars for 2 bowls and two huge beers!
After lunch we took a cab to the museum of ethnology, where there were tons of exhibits on all of the ethinic minorit\y tribes in Vietnam. I found out what makes the old ladies' teeth so black - it is a nut they chew called betel. It can be mixed with chewing tabacco or lime, and I think they said it is addictive...interesting!
(Me) Walking down one of the busy streets of Hanoi
We also went to the water puppet show, it was very touristy but interesting to say the least. There are these puppets that are controlled by bamboo sticks, and the puppeteers sit in the water behind a bamboo screen to control them. They also had some musicians playing traditional folk music to accompany the puppet show.
Anyways, today was our last full day in Hanoi. Tomorrow night we are off to Sapa - in the North, near China. We are leaving at night and taking an overnight train to spend 2 days there. We are going trekking and visiting some of the hilltribe villages. I am looking forward to it!
Anyways, that's all for today...
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