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Randomness!!
... him and took the opportunity to ask him what the **** he was doing here on his own?!!! Funnily enough his answer was ‘well, I've heard so many amazing stories about this country I wanted to come and see it for myself’, the contradicting words here being ‘see it’, well you can imagine what I was thinking!! Anyway to be fair, there was a huge part me that really had a lot of respect and admiration for him – after all, why should being ...
Phew!!
... A bit loopy really and definitely cruel and unpleasant. The temple itself was fascinating and seemed to have a mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism - all a load of jumbo jumbo still but very interesting. Second stop, the Reunification Palace. This is where the VC troops crashed into when they finally took Saigon during the war. Anyway, we couldn't get in because it was closed for lunch! We thought we would have a walk down to ...
Day Trip!!
... to form a network covering the local area. The traps they laid were all made by hand and very cleverly done with severe consequences, many used spikes as the main focus for damage, particularly ones which were stepped on or fallen into so you can imagine the pain this caused. Some were even designed in such a way that you couldn't get out of them because the spikes were laid at different angles thus ...
Pavement bars, cu chi tunnels & yummy food in HCMC
... they were quite comfortable down there, but the life underground was far from ideal, with a lack of oxygen, food and water, as well as the danger of the tunnels caving in from bombs on the ground level. Overall, it was a great day of sight seeing!
We headed back to HCMC as Dane and I had booked a bus tickets to the coastal town of Mui Ne. The 3 Londoners had to wait in the city to get a visa, so we decided to head to Mui Ne to catch up on some sleep and just to relax for ...
Saigon by Vespa
... also made a monument across the road which was impressive but didn’t have the same feel as the one made by the monks. Even while we stood there, people would walk past and bow their heads before carrying on.
After the Buddhist memorial our drivers took us to a local Vietnamese flower market. It was an amazing place, full of not just flowers but meat, veges, clothing, souvenirs and much more. There was even a small 'movie ...