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Easily the best city in Vietnam
... right arm and torso. He was a very lighthearted man and very funny considering what the war had done to him and his family. We had a brief introduction about the tunnels, guerrillas and double agents before we went and saw the tunnels for ourselves. We had the option of going into an original tunnel used by the Vietnamese during the war. Only six of our group from a possible eighteen did and we made up two of the the six. I went in first ...
Day 2 - Ho Chi Minh City 1/11/12
... at the tunnel opening to put the dogs off their scent. We were shown another tunnel & the young Aussie we were with told me she'd look after me & to go in. "When in Rome" type of thing. God, how did they do this day in day out. We crawled (and literally) for about 60 metres. It was claustrophobic. Kev behind me telling me all was ok & Aussie chick in front encouraging me along. Finally, day light! They had a rifle range where you could buy ammo and shoot any ...
Calm to carnage
... area saw some of the most heavy bombardment and fighting during the war and some sections of the tunnels are still in good enough condition to let you go down and walk around in. Our tour guide was named Mr Binh and he regaled us all with stories of his life in the war. He apparently worked for the American navy on the boats up and down the cu chi river. He had some pretty funny stories, though I am not sure how much of it was the truth or if ...
Almost one week of work complete
... house have taken the $10 full day tour that includes a bus ride to and from Mekong, food, biking, row boating, motor boating and I think some plantation/factory tours. Not bad for $10. Sunday will be a day of rest and hopefully figuring some things out for the kids I want to find. They are in need of some adaptive and positioning equipment so we'll see what I can find:) We went out for some Saigon beer the other night which kind of tastes like bud light. Anna, from Sweden, had ...
Saigon an end to our Vietnam adventure
... looked closed as the shutters were down, although we could see people inside. We got let in and woke up the concierge, who sleepily said there was no available rooms now. He promptly fell back asleep leaving us uncomfortably sat in the reception until 9.
At about 8am we asked to be given some breakfast, we got pho - noodle soup - this came with a salad garnish which was put into the soup itself. We also got a cup of tea, ordered some milk - Heather made the mistake ...
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