After a short nap that I wish never ended it was time for the Kung Fu Shows. In the past I have loved buying tickets to go see the shows in the city. Sometimes they are great, sometimes corny, and sometimes just bizarre. The most notable would be the Water Puppet Show in Hanoi... Please google it and you will laugh for days!
Not expecting much we got to our car and were greeted by a very pleasant driver. He did not speak English but smiled as we got in the car.
The Red Theater was beautiful. Decorated out of completely red material, but you didn't guess that one was coming, it was what I expected. Our guide Yoyo met us and took us into our seat in the balcony with a wonderful view. Before the show started we went and had some ice cream, Diet Coke, and chips for dinner on the theater stairs. We were told to return to the car at 945 after the show!
The show was wonderful. It started with a little boy who was recently sent to be a Kung Fu warrior. That meant he had to leave his mother and everything else behind. He was very reluctant so the master came to him to tell him a story of a boy very much like himself.
The rest of the story was about another young boy growing up, learning Kung Fu, falling for the evils of a temptress girl, getting beaten up, overcoming the odds, and then eventually becoming the next head master.
The performance was filled with acrobatics, stunts, beautiful music, and costumes. At the end the little boy figures out that his master is telling his life story! Corny but cute.
After the show ended it was 940 so we took a restroom break and got pictures with the performers. When we returned to the car it was 948. Let me tell you, you would have thought we were an hour late. The driver glared at us out of his driver`s seat as we got in the care tentatively. The entire ride back he grunted and snorted. Really could this all be over three minutes late? Well our suspicions were confirmed when we arrived back at the Hutong. When we got out of the car we left a water bottle which he proceeded to chuck at us out of the window as he left!!
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