This is the ReUnification palace in Ho Chi Minh City where the Peace Treaty ending the "American War" was signed.  As an American, I must comment that I had many mixed feelings walking up to the Palace and in touring through the rooms.  It was as though I was walking back in history and rereading and reliving all the newspaper articles and videos from the 1970s.  Those were my college days and I remember very vividly the war details as they were reported. 

Here are Jane and me standing with the bust of Ho Chi Minh with the communist symbolic colors of the red backdrop with the golden star. 

Next- we attended the National Water Puppet Theatre.  What a treat and what a talent the puppeteers have the way they move their puppets to tell the village stories!  We had seats in the 2nd row and the details were magnificent.

Here is the farmer out fishing to provide dinner for his family

On the right side of the puppet stage sit the musicians.  All instruments are traditional homemade Vietnamese instruments. 

Here the farmer is plowing his fields with his trusty water buffalo.  Every Farmer has a water buffalo!

After our day of touring the city, we opted for a boat tour down the Saigon River.  There were 6 of us in our tour group.  We were treated to a traditional Vuetnamese dinner and music.  What a delightful evening.

Cruise boats on the Saigon River decorate themselves with many lights.

Jane took this picture.  This looks like a postcard- beautiful

OK- we didn't really drive or ride the motorscooter, but we did ask permission to take a picture as though we did!