Singapore Botanical Gardens

These desert plants probably get too much rain in the tropics.

At the Botanical Garden, Singapore.

The tree that is on the five Singapore dollar bill is in the botanical gardens and is very popular with children.

Brunch at the Paragon mall--Singapore even has turkey sandwiches.

At the botanical garden.

At the Vietnamese Military Museum, there is a captured U.S. helicopter next to an old observation tower. The plaque shows the propoganda of war being glorified.

Hanoi still has a park dedicated to Vladmir Lenin.

Taken in Hanoi, near Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.

Two views of the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum. A long line still forms every day of people who wait to see his preserved body. It's been almost forty years since his death, but he looks like he's just taking a short nap.

A view of the Cathedral in Hanoi from ground level.

The views from each window of my hotel room. On one side there was an old temple, still used by people to make offerings. On the other side there was a Catholic cathedral.

The ice cream recommended in the Lonely Planet was so delicious with interesting flavors. I tried "young rice" and "siamese custard apple" ice cream. The guide book is geared towards backpackers, but the splurge recommendations tend to be good.

At a bonsai garden in Hanoi.

In the Temple of Literature, Hanoi, a Vietnamese woman gathered trash.

Inside the Temple of Literature grounds, Hanoi.

I wish I got a turtle when I got my PhD.