{"id":301,"date":"2008-01-16T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T11:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/16\/good-morning-from-vietnam\/"},"modified":"2008-01-16T13:54:14","modified_gmt":"2008-01-16T11:54:14","slug":"good-morning-from-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/16\/good-morning-from-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Good morning (from) Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not what I expected.  It&#8217;s like no place I&#8217;ve ever been.  And it is strange being in a place like Hanoi which was both forbidden and dangerous for Americans through a lot of my life.<\/p>\n<p>We saw the Water Puppet Theater which is simply amazing.  THe puppeteers stand behind a screen in waist deep water and from there on wands, they move the puppets to music and the puppets interact with each other&#8211; a man trying to catch fishh that are flopping around- people on boats passing each other , dancing animals!  Amazing!<\/p>\n<p>Today we went to the complex where Ho Chi Minh lived, worked, and now lies.  It was quite an experience filing by his body, perfectly preserved.  I can&#8217;t even identify my emotions about it, but it was very powerful.  We saw where he lived, eschewing the palatial residence that had served the French rulers.  He insisted on a spartan residence consisting of only three rooms.<\/p>\n<p>We then went to the prison that the US pilots called &#8220;The Hanoi Hilton.&#8221;  I can&#8217;t even imagine how anyone survived there.  The conditions were brutal.<\/p>\n<p>On our way today to HaLong, next to HaLong Bay, we rode through the countryside and stopped to buy some unbelievably sweet pineapple!  What a treat!<\/p>\n<p>I am certain there will be lots more to say about this adventure once I have a little time to process it.  But it is, indeed, an adventure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not what I expected. It&#8217;s like no place I&#8217;ve ever been. And it is strange being in a place like Hanoi which was both forbidden and dangerous for Americans through a lot of my life. We saw the Water Puppet Theater which is simply amazing. 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