Tuesday, Jan, 10. Travel Day

We left Hue for Hanoi on an early morning flight, arriving about 10:00. Our day was busy, some shopping, walking around our hotel in an area called the 36 streets. It is an old craft and guild district, each of the 36 streets was dedicated to a single craft. Today it retains some of the old devisions, but not as strickly.

Our evening entertainment was a water puppet performance. It is a traditional form of puppetry originating in the rural, rice growing areas. It is performed in chest deep water which hides the puppeteers and the poles that control the puppets. I didn't get any good photos of the performance but there are some videos on you tube that you can watch to get an idea.