Thursday, October 11, 2012

Vietnam! - Ha Noi & Ha Long Bay







Ha Noi..





The first part of our three week trip through Vietnam & Cambodia..






Hanoi by night - A mass of scooters dodging pedestrians, cars, vendors, buses & animals

























Hanoi water puppets - Performances started in flooded rice fields ~11th century













Puppeteers - control from behind the curtain












Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum
























The Presidential Palace - Hanoi












Hanoi Citadel - First built ~ 1010 AD.













'Uncle Ho' (Ho Chi Minh)













Hanoi War Museum













One of the tanks which crashed the gate to the Presidential Palace in Saigon ending the Vietnam War on the 30th April 1975























Ha Long Bay..










































Exploring Ha Long from the junk with guide 'Lucky'




























Titiov Island






Cat Ba Island..















































Young Vietnamese boys..













.. being boys













Cat Ba sunset



























One of the many floating seafood restaurants off Cat Ba
























'Watch this space'



Lots more photos to come from Sa Pa, Hoi An, Saigon and Cambodia..







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