Day 2 - by Chee Ying

Here is a summary of what we did today ...

first we went to view the exhibits of the life in vietnam

during the colonial rule and communism...

next we took the vietnam version of the trishaw,cylco:)

the ride was almost an hour long,

its one seater:)

we took many turns and went passed many streets,

seeing those little shops and some streets hawker.

then we went to enjoy the nice little water puppet show.

main thing is we went to a few buddhist temples to in hanoi!

there is something extraordinary:D

back in singapore we see both monks and nuns chanting those

long long scriptures.

that never seem to come to an end...

BUT in vietnam...

you can only find nuns or ladies in the temple.

if you ask why,you gotta read up about the past history of vietnam.

in the past,the male were the sole bread winner of the family.

while the females in the family,will always go to the temple,

to pray for the families members safety and etc...

thats why till now that that 'traditional' is still being carried on...

TA DA!