So Long, Uncle Ho

Hoan Kiem Lake in the center of Hanoi.

It’s certainly the strangest museum I’ve ever been to. I know beforehand that there will be a healthy portion of propaganda and I had seen the cult of personality still being pursued by the government, but I feel like I’m missing something at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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February 19, 2015 | Categories: Asia, Travel, Vietnam | Tags: asia, beer, beers, capitalism, coffee, colonialism, communism, Confucius, day in the life, hanoi, ho chi minh, museums, old town, SE Asia, socialism, temple of literature, tourism, tourists, travel, uncle ho, Vietnam | Leave a comment