Hanoi Trip, Day 5 (Sept 10, 2009)

Had two cases today. One was adrenalinectomy and another one was hepatectomy. They did it very fast, so we finished early that day. We went back to hotel and took some rest.

Tonight we decided to go to see water puppet show at Thang Long Water Puppet Theater, address: 57B Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Hoan Kiem District. It’s just across the lake. We were late to catch 18.30 show, so we just went around the area. At 19.30, we went back and bought entrance tickets. Ticket counter opens 30 minutes before the show.

For First class, it cost VND 60,000 per person and for Second Class is VND 40,000
Camera for taking picture is charged for VND 12,000 and handycam cost VND 60,000.
It was a unique performance. There’s a pond where the puppets are played on the water. The stick to control them in the water.

Here’s the programs:
1. Raising the Festival Flag
2. Chu Teu or the narrator
3. Dragon Dance (Four dragons dancing on the surface of water)
4. On a buffalo with a flute
5. Agriculture
6. Catching the frogs
7. Rearing ducks and catching foxes: I love this scene
8. Fishing
9. Harvest festival
10. Lion dance
11. Phoenix dance: I also love this scene. Two Phoenix, male and female, are dancing, and then they produced an egg. It hatched, came out their offspring, danced together with its parents.
12. Legend of the Restored Sword.
13. Children playing in the water
14. Boat racing
15. Unicorns play with a ball
16. Fairy dance
17. Dance of four Holy Animals



We had our late dinner at Little Kitchen Cafe again.