Early morning exercise at Hoan Kiem Lake

This morning we set the alarm for 5am and, as the sun rose, we wandered down to Hoan Kiem Lake in the centre of Hanoi as we had heard there was early morning Tai Chi going on.

Early morning Tai Chi? Yes, and the rest. It was absolutely buzzing. Walkers, joggers, Tai Chi, Qi Gong and other forms of moving meditation, badminton, weight lifting, probably a few other things and lots of socialising. Great experience. The majority of people were of the older generation but there was certainly a good representation of all age groups. We walked a couple of times round the lake observing then Andy found a spot and did some stretches while Freddie walked round again then back to the hotel for breakfast. A bit early but a good start to the day.

We also dropped Andy's violin off at the music university this morning then had a wander round town and chilled in our room for a bit.

This evening we went to see the famous Vietnamese Water Puppet show which was actually pretty funny even though we didn't really know what was going on.