Sunday, February 19, 2023

13th February

A bit of a muddly day as we were hoping to visit the children’s centre and hung around waiting for a response from the office which never came! Still, late morning, we went back into the city and visited the reunification palace … 

We had a late birthday celebration with some friends, Thuy and Anne ( I met  both at the Children’s centre in 2019). 



Stopped by a lovely Buddhist temple

Raine left an offering to the Gods - actually it was a jumper that had become stretched and she left for the temple to give to someone who might need a jumper.




The Reunification or Independence Palace is a great place to visit. The decor is very late 60s and early 70s

These are the gates that tanks crashed through on the last few days of the war in Vietnam.

Those loyal to the Americans escaped from the roof top by helicopter .


The birthday girls

Raine and Thuy's birthdays were a week apart. Any excuse for cake.



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