Biking in Hanoi

Today was a pretty good day. I visited Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. It was a little bit weird for a couple reasons. The first is that this is as far from Ho Chi Minh's wishes as could be. He wanted to be cremated and his remains put in three different places. Instead, they decided to embalm him and put his body on display presumably forever. The tour is very short, maybe 1 minute at the most. Most of it is walking outside, into, or leaving the mausoleum. Inside, you walk 3 side of a square, with his body in the middle. It's all surrounded by glass and temperature-controlled. To be honest, it could be a wax museum and I'd never know the difference. But this is the man who brought his country back to his countrymen.

The Army museum was also interesting. I'll write about it more (and my bike ride and the rain) later, but my taxi is coming in 15 minutes.

See you state-side in about 24 hours...

I'm going to miss Hanoi.