We are in a lovely hotel, with a great view this time, and we had such a treat at breakfast, pain au raisin! Much smaller than at home but very good. Breakfast is so good here. We left the hotel to visit the Mausoleum of Ho Chi Min, it's where his embalmed body is on view. We are not allowed bags or cameras and must not speak or deviate from the designated route and our hands must be at our sides, this is a communist country and the guards all in white and at every corner look quite intimidating. The people of Vietnam love Ho Chi Min and duly pay their respects to him as we walk around him. I feel a fraud and I'm not sure whether to look at him or away. He looks
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