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Water Puppet Show  
   

Water Puppet Show

I watched the same show in Hanoi in 2007, and it's perhaps the only constant in Vietnam since then. During the Fishing scene, the husband puppet still comedically "catches" his wife's head with his rattan fish trap basket...
Ho Chi Minh City (19-23 Nov 12)

November 22nd 2012
A 7h hiccup-free bus ride from Dalat later, and I was in Ho Chi Minh City, aka Saigon for the romantics who prefer the name associated with its colonial past. This was the first city I'd arrived in on my first ever SEA backpacking trip back in 2005, so coming here again brought back some memories. I remember staying at the Vien Dong Hotel along Pham Ngu Lao, and eating at a smallish restaur ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
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