Paying a visit to the Uncle at the mausoluem

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I had to see the ol' corpse of Ho Chi Minh while in the cesspool of Hanoi. There are many good reasons to pay the old stiff a visit: He was a great historic figure, you're an aspiring embalmer, you are hot for dead people, but the most interesting aspect is watching asian people in the city of Hanoi being respectful and quiet! It's quite a shock witnessing people actually lining up instead of pushing each other out of the way and being able to keep quiet for so long. Experiencing this was well worth the price of admission (actually, there was no charge...) I guess the strict rules and the vigilant guards helped a bit. No hats, no "disrespectful clothing", no cameras, no sickness (!), no laughter etc. Us gents respectfully removed our hats but I saw a lady with a butt-ugly knitted adidas hat which wasn't removed. Maybe it's okay for ladies to wear hats, even though it would've been disrespectful towards those gay fashion guys to wear this kind of mongoloid hat.

Anyway, we were all silently and quickly filing past the corpse of Vietnam's contribution to the cult of personality. However the dude infront of me was apparently struck by awe or immense emotion as he had a hard time moving past the almighty stiff in a satisfactory pace. One of the guards kindly but firmly helped him pick up his pace. These guards were everywhere. A couple in white uniforms guarded the entrance, four more of these guys stood aroud Ho's "crib" and a bunch of soldiers in green uniforms checked the crowd passing through the mausoleum, making sure no one took pictures or behaved inappropriate. In addition to this there was a place where you had to leave your bag/backpack if you had one and a security check, like those at an airport (or in a urban highschool where kids like guns). The big parking lot-like area infront of the mausoleum was a no walking zone. You had to stay on sidewalks far from the mausoleum if you weren't waiting in line to get in. I was there the day before when the corpse joint was closed and then it was okay to stroll around in this "square". However if you crossed some white lines around the mausoleum you could be sure there'd be some soldier with a whistle imploring you to turn the fuck around.

While passing the stiff of Ho I suddenly noted something strange. I thought I saw a sudden movement of the left hand of Ho and to my great horror the corpse opened its eyes and let out a hissing sound. The guards were totally shocked by this and didn't notice when I started taking pictures of the event. Ho's corpse slowly raised itself up with armed stretched out, all while making ungodly sounds. The guards started to panic but one of them was totally petrified so the zombie Ho overpowered him and started taking large bites out of his skull. At this point I'd stopped taking pictures and ran for my life.

If you don't believe me take a look at the photographs here. You'll notice that the quality differs from the outside and inside shots. I think it's something with the light...

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Photos

The Soviet style mausoleum
Keep your distance!!!!!!!!!

Guards
These guy mean business...

Uncle Ho's corpse
Ho resting peacefully in his eternal sleep.

Did I say "eternal"..?
Now what the hell!?!?

Zombie nosh!!!
Uncle is awake and he's cranky. He craves human flesh! Run for your lives!!!!!