We are up for breakfast as our boat makes its way back to Halong City and then it's another long drive back to Hanoi. Huy making phone calls to a friend trying to fit us in to a water puppet show. He can get us tickets for the 14:15 performance which means we can get to see the old prison first. Originally built by the French as the main prison for northern Vietnam, it had a reincarnation as the 'Hanoi Hilton' housing US POWs, including John McCain. Only a small portion remains but it does house a gruesome guillotine. The water puppet theatre is up next, beautifully sung and played but less than subtle puppetry.
We've had no lunch today so our final group dinner is early. We are going to KOTO (know one teach one), a project set up by an Australian Vietnamese to help young people learn a trade. The food and service was quite superb, possibly the best meal we've had in Vietnam.
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