Walked a lot…

Today and I can feel it!

The bus wouldn’t pick me up for some reason. It wasn’t just me, several other folks looked very confused.  

I just walked there….lol. Terrible idea.

At long last my destination was reached. So worth it! A great museum, some temples, a new friend later…I am exhausted.

I was luck to find this one open. A lot of these temples are closed all the time

This temple is in the jewellery district, so I’m confused by the silk stuff

Someone clearly takes good care of the place, the birds aren’t dead
At the start of my long walk, haven’t had this kind of little dog sighting yet
This is the University Temple. A Confucian temple, it’s dedicated to those that follow his teachings, including the importance of education

The gardens were great. You need someplace to walk when you’re in deep thought

These are the names of those men who earned degrees, their names borne to heaven on a sacred turtle

It’s pretty old, a lot of the bonsai were quite large

A little grotesque? Also, tortoises aren’t turtles
Spirit tablets
This place is really good for graduation photos
There was a very old plumeria tree

I’m guessing this is Confucius
This is something presented to the leader of the school
After more walking, I stumbled across this. Looks communist
And it was, the mausoleum and museum of Ho Chi Minh. I didn’t go in, he’s in russia, getting fixed up. His corpse, I mean

A little bit further, the One Pillar Pagoda
Lots of offerings, and in very good repair
I didn’t wait in line to see what there was inside

This is where people prayed who were in a hurry
Even a bit further down the road, this surprise. A downed b52 museum
The real deal. The VC were and are very proud

So if I’m with you and ever just say, ” f*** it, lets just walk there”… the answer is no. Just, no
The museum of ethnology has three parts. A bunch of cool stuff from all over SE asia, an outdoor area, and an area concentrated on the peoples of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
Cambodian
I forget where, Malaysia ?
Africa
Indonesian glass paintings are super neat
Outside now, this boat won a bunch of races

Water puppet theater. Ill try to see one if I can, it looks cool
Each one of these houses was built on site by the ethnic group that it represents. A video was on loop inside that showed how it was built from dirt to rooftop
This is for the *second burial. After one year, important folks were reburied
These colorful folks decorate the burial chamber of another culture, this one would hold dozens of the deceased
This was my favorite, the people would just make the building longer and longer when new people joined the family. Some old homesteads were 200 meters long

Lacquer making equipment

Bamboo pieces, this is religious equipment 
On the way to the bus stop, a park

I dont even like Coke, but this Coke was ambrosia
Home now, and walking after dinner. The vending machines always had a line. A novelty?
Finally dark, and I can go home now. I met a gal named Dep. We talked for a while. She also quit her job, was taking a trip, and looking for a change in her life. Felt good to really talk to someone

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