June 8-9, Hanoi, Vietnam

The last two remaining days in SE Asia (for now) I spent checking off a few more tourist locations. I made a stop at the Hoa Lo Prison Museum which was used by the French Colonialists to hold Vietnamese and later a prison the Vietnamese used to hold US POW's (most notably John McCain). On my last night, besides running numerous errands, I went to a water puppetry show (puppets that dance on water) that is famous here. The performance was pretty amazing, the performers were great and the music was amazing. My favorite was the Dan Bau, a monochord instrument that has a great sound to it.

That's all from South East Asia for the time being...off to South Africa tomorrow morning!!

John McCain's recovered army outfit

Water puppet stage

Water puppets