Sunday, May 22, 2011

Happy birthday, Mr President

On Saturday we had lunch at Dong Ba. I had a wonderful bánh canh cá lóc chả cua (snakehead fish ball soup crab cake) - which was actually a fish soup with noodles. Delicious. 





We stayed in this morning, only to suffer the disappointment of watching the Crows snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Dang. 

Our outing this afternoon was to the Ho Chi Minh Museum - entirely appropriate this week, as it was the anniversary of his birthday on the 19th. As well as countless photos of Uncle Ho taken throughout his career, we also saw his typewriter, spectacles and safari suit (worn from 1954 to 1967).




There were also a number of strangely interesting items, like this 'candy' which was given to a keen patriot who kept it as a souvenir. The lolly now looks like it is fossilised. 


Almost over the cold, hurrah!