Walked for 2 hours to get to the museum and my blisters determined that a taxi back was reasonable. The museum was great and we lucked out that it was a festival day. More dancing, games, crafts, water puppets and cultural information than anticipated.
Lovely lunch back at 'delicious' and then a 20ish minute walk to the 'Huong Sen Wellness Center' a bit different than 'Colfax Healing Arts' or 'the Body Mind Center' that I work at back home! 1st a soak in a barrel that seemed to have hot water and tea in it, then a jacuzzi tub soak, on to the steam room then a great massage which mixed elements of thai stretching, oil massage, facial and walking all over me! At the end you go downstairs and they give you awful tea, a yummy bowl of soup (juk with herbs) and some fresh fruit. I am going to sleep well tonight. Oh and it was on New Years Special 200,000 vnd per person ($10!)
It was very hard to drag my senses back to reality to 'Hanoi Shuffle' through the insane traffic on the return to our hotel. Kim even had to remind me not to speed up when I was tempted to dash across the street.
Pics:
1. Making cone hats the traditional way
2. The museum front
3. Awesome backpack!
4 . a performance by the front steps of the museum
5.one of the many lifesized example houses on the museum grounds showing how different people live
6. Cool water tower in the middle of a roundabout
7. My new favorite day spa! I'm so blissed out but a little bit bummed we didn't discover this until the last day!
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