Le Arrival

Flynn here! This morning we arrived in Ha Noi and had a quick drive to the Ethnic Museum. I found it pretty boring because it was all about what languages different people spoke and where they were. Luckily, Drew saved my day by bringing all of the kids outside of the museum to a long suspended log of bamboo for a challenge. We all tried to walk across but we all failed. There is another kid named Drew and he invented "Kung-Shoe" as we were walking across. He loosened his shoes and kicked thin straight at us through the air. After the adults were done looking at the museum, we headed towards a small hut with paint and paint brushes on tables. We were told to choose a mask from the selection and paint it to scare away spirits. Ginny's and Rose's were quite good but I decided that mine would scare away spirits for a different reason. We then got back on the bus and checked in at the hotel. It was very funny because the staff are supposed to speak French to the guests and they decided to say "Bonjour madam," to Campbell. We then had a bit of downtime in the rooms but quickly came back down into the lobby to meet with our group. We got back on the bus and went to a show of water puppets. We came in to see a giant stage with water replacing the ground. There was a small platform next to it with the instruments and musicians. The show started off with a bang (at least for us) when some dragon puppets came onto the water. They started to spit water and one bit of water splashed onto one of the ladies. She had a grumpy face and stomped off of the stage. There wasn't really anything worth speaking about but it was good to see it once. After the wacky show was finished, we went back to the hotel and packed our suitcases partially. We had booked a dinner with "Angela .co" for a Vietnamese restaurant in the hotel. We sat down and munched on some bread. We tried some frog legs (they were pretty good) covered with batter and tried the homemade ice cream in flavours such as banana and pineapple. I am pretty tired now so I might finish up. Flynn out!