Sunday, June 13, 2010

Ethonology Museum & Hoa Lo Prison

Ethnology Museum again, with Jack this time. He hasn't been there before. But he claims to have seen some of the featured tribes in his motorbike trips. Haha. I'm so excited for our motorbike trip next weekend!

Then we had lunch at a Chinese fast food near our house.

Hoa Lo Prison or Hanoi Hilton (sarcastic nickname given by the prisoners) in the afternoon. The Maison Centrale is just a small portion as most of the area had been converted to apartment buildings known as Hanoi Towers. Classy, hotel-like condominiums with a really nice supermarket inside. Jack said there are occupants who claim seeing ghosts. No wonder, with all the prisoners who died in the prison.

tomb
tomb of a tribe who's really crazy about fertility
Tall house. Lots of tourists since it's a holiday.
Hoa Lo Prison
Some prisoners escaped through a sewer
sewer escape
inside the prison
where they chop the head off
Hanoi towers right beside the museum
Inside the Hanoi towers - resto at 4th floor.
It's a really great family-friendly restaurant. It's big, and there are areas for everyone. They've got a big screen TV and another LCD projector screen showing some sports game where some foreigners were watching. Hanoi towers is mostly for expats, anyway.
He wanted some fresh spring rolls. I was eating my chocolate bar.

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