While many cities in Vietnam can boast a large or small museum in Ho Chi
Minh, the pilgrimage par excellence located in Hanoi because it is the remains
of Father of the Nation is there retained.
Indeed, near Hoan Kiem Lake is the famous mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, a huge concrete building sleek at the foot of which lies a vast green esplanade that no one has the right to cross. Inside this "bunker" Uncle Ho lies for eternity, despite his wish to be cremated and scattered to see its three corners of the country ashes.
At his death in 1969, Vietnam was still at war and his fellow heirs and choose to keep her body, as the Soviets did to Lenin and Stalin to extend the cult of personality, essential tool for conservation their interests and their legitimacy in power. They argue the temporary inability to access the request of Ho Chi Minh, the conflict making the south inaccessible, and deliver the corpse Sergai Debrov the specialist to whom we owe the "mummies" of two counts of Russian state, which embalm the secret cellar away from American bombing.
During this time, in the exact spot where in 1945, Ho Chi Minh made his speech Declaration of Independence of Vietnam, we choose to raise the mausoleum. On completion in 1975, the remains of the man most beloved Vietnam joined his glass sarcophagus in the bowels of the building. Since every morning (except when the body is sent to Russia to receive appropriate care), formed a long queue of Vietnamese and tourists come to pay homage to the character file.
To have the privilege to greet you first able to find the entrance of the premises. We do not directly fit into the mausoleum, it must be around and get to the corner of the Le Hong Phong and Ha Ngoc where the cloakroom. Throughout the course are posted number of guards to indicate which sidewalk walk and exactly what to do. Once you have found the entry, it will take several steps to check the amazing logic. After the first security checkpoint, we arrive at the first dressing room where you can give your bag while having the right to keep his camera (without the case). The second dam, a small canvas bag in which to drag his camera to give it a second cloakroom is received, it will go out to the mausoleum of recovering property in order to photograph the rest of the site that includes other monuments. We then drove in single file at the steps of the mausoleum. From this point, it is more advisable to be more silent than ever.
The line moves quickly inside the building and it is not about to hang. Down the hall, we find the square room and air-conditioned to the extreme (16 ° and 70% humidity, is the way to go to keep a corpse) where based "Whoever sheds light" surrounded by four guards at attention you who seem as rigid as it by sheer force of will. Again, there is no question of stopping to observe in detail the parchment of extreme whiteness of Mr. face. Hardly time to be disturbed, it is already in the open air without really realized we had spent almost running to one of the most famous in the world dead.
Visitors can still finally relax. Vietnamese, compliance was highly visible a few minutes ago, talking and laughing, happy to have made this pilgrimage. Among them, the military and mostly take pictures around their beautiful green costume. Just follow them to discover that site ..the visit did not stop there.
In the midst of a crazy world, we discover in turn, the traditional stilt house where Ho Chi Minh lived regularly between 1958 and 1969, the presidential palace, it is not open to the public, however the deserves to have an architecture offering a nice contrast with the previous residence, the One Pillar Pagoda, surprisingly little house perched, and the Ho Chi Minh Museum in more than Soviet-style mausoleum where personal belongings and documents of the time mingle the conceptual exhibitions dedicated to communist values.
Difficult yet not wanting to leave the area quickly because of the time previously spent queuing and the world in the aisles.
Pratical guide:
To go to Vietnam, dont forget a Vietnam Visa if you want to visit this beautiful country
Indeed, near Hoan Kiem Lake is the famous mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, a huge concrete building sleek at the foot of which lies a vast green esplanade that no one has the right to cross. Inside this "bunker" Uncle Ho lies for eternity, despite his wish to be cremated and scattered to see its three corners of the country ashes.
At his death in 1969, Vietnam was still at war and his fellow heirs and choose to keep her body, as the Soviets did to Lenin and Stalin to extend the cult of personality, essential tool for conservation their interests and their legitimacy in power. They argue the temporary inability to access the request of Ho Chi Minh, the conflict making the south inaccessible, and deliver the corpse Sergai Debrov the specialist to whom we owe the "mummies" of two counts of Russian state, which embalm the secret cellar away from American bombing.
During this time, in the exact spot where in 1945, Ho Chi Minh made his speech Declaration of Independence of Vietnam, we choose to raise the mausoleum. On completion in 1975, the remains of the man most beloved Vietnam joined his glass sarcophagus in the bowels of the building. Since every morning (except when the body is sent to Russia to receive appropriate care), formed a long queue of Vietnamese and tourists come to pay homage to the character file.
To have the privilege to greet you first able to find the entrance of the premises. We do not directly fit into the mausoleum, it must be around and get to the corner of the Le Hong Phong and Ha Ngoc where the cloakroom. Throughout the course are posted number of guards to indicate which sidewalk walk and exactly what to do. Once you have found the entry, it will take several steps to check the amazing logic. After the first security checkpoint, we arrive at the first dressing room where you can give your bag while having the right to keep his camera (without the case). The second dam, a small canvas bag in which to drag his camera to give it a second cloakroom is received, it will go out to the mausoleum of recovering property in order to photograph the rest of the site that includes other monuments. We then drove in single file at the steps of the mausoleum. From this point, it is more advisable to be more silent than ever.
The line moves quickly inside the building and it is not about to hang. Down the hall, we find the square room and air-conditioned to the extreme (16 ° and 70% humidity, is the way to go to keep a corpse) where based "Whoever sheds light" surrounded by four guards at attention you who seem as rigid as it by sheer force of will. Again, there is no question of stopping to observe in detail the parchment of extreme whiteness of Mr. face. Hardly time to be disturbed, it is already in the open air without really realized we had spent almost running to one of the most famous in the world dead.
Visitors can still finally relax. Vietnamese, compliance was highly visible a few minutes ago, talking and laughing, happy to have made this pilgrimage. Among them, the military and mostly take pictures around their beautiful green costume. Just follow them to discover that site ..the visit did not stop there.
In the midst of a crazy world, we discover in turn, the traditional stilt house where Ho Chi Minh lived regularly between 1958 and 1969, the presidential palace, it is not open to the public, however the deserves to have an architecture offering a nice contrast with the previous residence, the One Pillar Pagoda, surprisingly little house perched, and the Ho Chi Minh Museum in more than Soviet-style mausoleum where personal belongings and documents of the time mingle the conceptual exhibitions dedicated to communist values.
Difficult yet not wanting to leave the area quickly because of the time previously spent queuing and the world in the aisles.
Pratical guide:
To go to Vietnam, dont forget a Vietnam Visa if you want to visit this beautiful country
