good morning, vietnam

as you might have been able to tell in the previous post - i am in vietnam now. hanoi, actually. i was surprised to see that the people actually do wear the cone-shaped hats - turns out that they are made of a straw that has very strong spf properties so it acts like natural sunscreen.

the scenery here is absolutely stunning - i am very sad that time is running short and i will not be able to explore any other part of this country. today i hit up the vietnamese water puppet theatre and the temple of literature. some fun facts about the temple of literature: it was originally built in 1070 to honor the country's scholars and literary folk - it was later converted into vietnam's first university. the names of the school's graduates are posted on stone scripts.