The rain let up after we left the burial site and we wandered past the palace the French built that the new government found useful for its new headquarters. The we had a scheduled tour of the house of the leader that is fashioned after a rural dwelling, built on stilts. Better view of the lake and more breeze. The skies opened up again and we squished and squeezed - as only people can do who do not need 26 Midwestern inches of personal space - into the 2 food edge of the house. We stood there 20 minutes, no one moving. Then an official guy blew a whistle and said something loudly and my guide yelled "run"! Where? To the bomb shelter? To the hills? To the bus? And he ran. Totally left us on our own to see that he went to the exit area. There he collected money for raincoats -I have Jewel bags that are thicker plastic - and we headed for the door. There was a One Pillar House that had a great story and was interesting - I got a picture as we trotted by.
Thus ended the HoChiMin part of the tour. There's more.....
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