Not much happened today.  We slept in and had breakfast in our hotel.  The staff was just as happy about feeding us as they were about checking us in yesterday.  I was going to try to find a doctor today, but after talking to the hotel lady, decided going back to bed was a better idea.  She said most doctors don’t speak English and so most foreigners go to the hospital, but the lines at the hospital are so long that if you don’t get there at 5:00am you might not get seen.  Add that all up, I’ll wait until I get back to Thailand.  So we hung out in our hotel until 3:00pm when we set out to get tickets for the 4:10 water puppet show.  I’ve never heard of the art of water puppetry, but apparently, it’s a thing.  And it sounds like it originated here and the Water Puppet Theatre is famous so we decided to see a show.  They were sold out until the 8:00pm show so we wandered around until then.  The show was so interesting.  I’m not sure how to explain it.  Google Hanoi Water Puppet Show.  There was a live band of ancient Vietnamese instruments which was my favorite part.  They reenacted things like farming, chasing frogs and the dance of the dragons.  The puppets were in water and the puppeteers behind a screen manipulating the puppets with rods under water. The puppets were brightly colored and some had sparklers.  It was a fun show and I highly recommend you see a water puppet show if one ever crosses your path.

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