Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

We went on a night tour of Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) city and took in a water puppet show before experiencing excellent, local food for dinner. Afterward, while walking downtown, we stumbled across a festival and various individuals getting ready to go on stage for a fashion show. We were behind the scenes as several models walked by. So cool!

Note: Water puppetry arose in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions of northern Việt Nam a thousand years ago, during the Lý dynasty. Villagers staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice harvest, at religious festivals, and simply for entertainment.Read more