The view out of our hotel room in Hanoi at night.
After a brief respite back at the hotel where both Jonathan and I took naps, we headed back out into the evening for a water puppet show. The theatre has a pool at the front with the seats rising in amphitheater style. The original puppeteers — so I heard — performed while submerged under water while breathing through straws. For this performance, the puppeteers were behind bamboo screens. In both cases, the rods and strings used to manipulate the figures remain under water for the most part. I took so much video I just about exhausted the Stylus 1 camera battery. Hopefully some came out well enough to share.
From the theatre, we threaded our way through the crowded streets to the rendezvous with our bus which took us to dinner at Wild Rice Restaurant. Hung offered an early morning tour of the flower market at 0500 of which there were a few takers, including me.
The view out of our hotel room in Hanoi at night.
The pool and backdrop of the water puppetry theatre.
The musicians in the gallery.
The puppeteers emerge to take their applause from the audience.
The busy nightlife in Hanoi as seen from our bus on the way home from the restaurant.
Rice pancake folded in half: filled with shrimp and soya bean sprouts. Looks like a quesadilla to me!
Stewed beef with paté and green pepper (I'm guessing - it doesn't look like mushroom soup.).
Grilled chicken with chili and lemongrass.
Fried battered fish in pickled apricot sauce.
Stir-fried morning glory with garlic.
Fresh fruit - watermelon, pineapple and dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus).