Lion Dancers are preparing to perform outside our hotel.
We got to watch some of the performance before we took a cab to the airport.
Many families head to their temple to pray for prosperity, good luck, health and
happiness for the new year. TET is huge here. I would compare it to our Christmas.
Much of the city closes. Our drivers, restaurant and hotel workers lament that they are missing family time.
Families give children, uncles, aunties and what seems like most loved ones
a red envelope with good tidings...MONEY! We even got red envelopes with money.
Vietnamese money is called the DONG. This 500,000 dong is worth $20 US dollars.
We are staying at the famous Sofitel Hotel in Hanoi. Where Jane Fonda stayed during her protest of the war. It is hard to see through the leaves, but there is a group of people doing Tai Chi and another group
playing badminton.
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