Vietnam Women's Museum Hanoi

I'm so grumpy at Henry right now!! He's as thick as a wall sometimes!! I'll tell you why later.

We started out the day going to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. It was quite eerie, being shepherded around his dead body, but it was worth it. We also went to the Ho Chi Minh Museum, which was very interesting, and I learnt a lot about him.
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on monday we went to our hotel room and rested.

hotel: VND$7900 per night (US$45)

on tuesday we went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. it was so cool. we got to see his dead body but it looked kind of like he was still alive but kind of like he was fake. we could not take pictures and we had to keep moving fast but many vietnam …

Hello 2013! ���� happy new year! Today we got up for our free brekky and decided to have a look around Hanoi and do a few touristy things, see the attractions and do a bit of shopping before we head off on our Halong bay 3 day tour tomorrow morning. We went to the women's museum and the Hoa Lon prison, both of which were …

Morning, got up, and went to the ho chi minh mausoleum and museum, the mausoleum, was not as impressive on the inside, than on the outside, but still a very surreal place, with the body, still looking fresh and no sign of aging, even after 40 years, going around his body is very eerie, with all the guards ushering you around the body.
Museum, …

Goooood morning Vietnaaaaaam! It's wet, it's cold & these guys got their driving licences out of a cereal box! Seriously, it needs to be seen to be believed. It's not annoying, it's just a real eye opener. Anyway, the day started with a trip to the DMK airport in Bangkok. It cost us 300baht which wasn't too bad. We got pulled up just before …

After clinging on tightly in the taxi from the airport to the hostel we finally arrived safely in Hanoi. We have never heard so many horns beeping in one place at a time. Drivers do not look but rely on their horn to get them through a junction which means crossing the road can be a dangerous aaffair! The first day was speant seeking out food and …

Driving from the airport to Hanoi... was INSANE. Literally insane. Cars and motorbikes converging from everywhere, turning wherever they wanted, and filling every available space. It was worse than China by a long stretch, and that is saying something! It was a miracle we made it there alive.

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So this is just a collection of facts from the museum, but I thought they were really interesting. I am a bit of a geek though...

In the Sinhmun tribe at the first wedding ceremony the bride puts her hair into a bun to signify marriage. Before that she wears here hair loose, as do the other single women in the tribe to show that they are …

The traffic in Hanoi is as mental as ever! Motorbikes carry entire families, perched precariously on every inch of available space. They, along with taxis and trucks, weave in and out of the pedestrians, disregarding any and all traffic signals. Crossing the road is an epic adventure, with traffic heading towards you in all directions. The only way …

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... plastic chairs outside and sell glasses of beer (about 300ml) out of a barrel for 6p a go. We've also visited the Women's museum (Kirsty's choice not mine) and had a walk around the city. I'm now convinced the entry in the Lonely Planet concerning ...

... of walking.  I explored the Temple of Literature, a welcome respite from blaring city horns, as well as the Women's Museum documenting women's role in WWII. Reading the Vietnamese captions about the women of war and their heroic acts, the phrase ...

... If you were lucky you would spot the one giant turtle living in the lake.  One of the final gems that Hanoi offered was the Women's museum. Floor by floor you would learn amazing facts about the women of Vietnam. From the hard working vendors on ...

... that the only history that the Vietnamese are interested in is their defeat of the Americans so went to the Vietnamese Women's Museum which explained (a little bit too long in my opinion but...) women's role in Vietnamese society through the ages ...

... crossing the road is a dangerous sport here. I did the tourist stuff, saw a couple of museums even though I am not a feminist the women's museum is excellent to see their role highlighted in such a way. I would have gone and seen Ho Chi Minh but he ...

... , definitely. The other dimension of Vietnam that really forces my admiration is... Vietnamese women ! I went to the gorgeous women's museum, which has just been revamped. Jeez. Not only those women do absolutely everything in this country, but they ...

... museums, one of the most interesting aspects for me being exhibitions that detail aspects of the Vietnam War, known here as the American War. The Women's Museum gives an impression of the quite prominent role women played, both on the front line and as ...

... streets and just taking it in with some window shopping and light eating. We made a visit to the Vietnamese Women's Museum which provided an interesting insight into the historical and contemporary roles of Vietnamese women with three floors devoted ...

... and performed amusing scenes from rural everyday life such as catching frogs or going fishing. Our time in Hanoi was rounded out by a visit to the Women's museum where we learned about lady resistance fighters. We also paid our respects to Uncle Ho, ...

... . Maybe just a tad bit of propaganda here. Since it was nearby and the weather wasn't getting any better, I went over to the Women's Museum which seemed to be more a war museum as most of the displays were about the role of women in the "American War" ...