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Travel Blogs from Ho Chi Minh City
The Art of War
Morning hit us like a smack in the face; we were both hung over but consoled ourselves that at least Marie would be feeling even worse! We had agreed to meet for breakfast at a place that advertised 'Irish Breakfast' and it was lovely, to be honest, Marie looked better than we thought she would too! We had a look at the map for Saigon and decided …
Back to the Future
I looked up at the ceiling and said to myself "Saigon... sh*t; I'm still only in Saigon, I'm here a day now... waiting for a tour... getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute the hawkers are out there, they get stronger."
We breakfasted and then set off to meet Thor and Marie, we were going to make a …
Cu Chi (Cu Chi Cu)
Thor arrived at the hostel at eight am as we had booked todays tour through our hostel, Marie had declined to come as she wasn't feeling too well and had seen a bit too much war for one holiday. We were collected by our guide and made our way to the bus which would take us to the area of the Cu Chi (pronounced Koo Chee) tunnels.
The …
Halloween
Fuzzy head, furry mouth, all the signs of a good night! I lay wondering whether last night's surreal events had actually happened or whether I had in fact dreamt them. I looked over to the side table, Franco's business card was there, Ok, so we met the two Aussie guys and we had lots and lots to drink. Dan stirred "Oh…….my…… …
Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon
... There were tons of grizzly looking traps and sneaky ways for the VC to double back behind their enemies or escape into the river. The tunnels had kitchens, meeting rooms and even theatres. For a people who were completely outmatched in funding and technology during the war they were extremely resourceful and determined.
We crawled 100m through the tunnels and I had had enough. I was sweating my gourd off, muscles were cramped and ...