10/10/2009 marked 999 years of Hanoi being the capital of Vietnam! To celebrate we went to the city center and saw lots of nice flowers.
Of course, before long there was sooooo many people there! Every time we say that it is too crowded and we won't go next time, but we still always go because it's fun :)
The lights in the center of the lake. Thao says that in the morning of 10/10, people saw the giant turtle come up, a sign of peace.... I guess it is like the Loch Ness monster ;)
The street vendors are making flowers from colored dough.
I don't know how a big pregnant Thao could walk around in this crowd! But actually I was the one always left behind!
They had a live show, but probably only the people at home watching it on tv could see it!
We can only imagine the party they will have next year, to mark the 1000 year anniversary! It really puts things in perspective, when you think that Canada is only 142 years old!
We left early before the really bad traffic jam could start... When we got home, we saw the end of the show on tv. They had lots of singing and fireworks!
