Our World Travels...

We took two day trips from Saigon. One was to the Cu Chi Tunnels, and the other was a tour of part of the Mekong Delta. The Cu Chi Tunnels were used by the Viet Minh against the French, and by the Viet Cong against us Americans. There was a whole complex, where we were shown how the people that lived in the tunnels built them, how them lived, cooked, ate slept and fought. Of course there was some anti-us propaganda, from both our guides and from the video we had to watch. Our guide didn’t have a favorable view of the US, but we think that was because in the war, he was a south Vietnamese soldier, and afterward spent many years in the re-education camps. He said that Vietnam was better, because Vietnamese people can visit North Korea, but US citizens cant go to North Korea. It wasn’t a very convincing argument…He also liked Bill Clinton, and thought the George Bush had bankrupted America. The tunnels themselves were very interesting to walk through. They were sooo small! We went

Our last stop in Vietnam was the southern city, and the largest in Vietnam. The flight was pretty bumpy, since it is the middle of monsoon season and there is lots of weather, thus lots of turbulence. As we got into town, we found that our hotel was down in a warren of alleyways. We had to walk down a couple in the dark and rain before finding our place. At first, it was kind of creepy to be back in a series of alleys, but after we got to know our way around, it was kind of cool. When we first got into town, we dropped our bags and headed off for a good meal. We found a French/ American place call “ Allez Boo” and had a couple of meat and potato meals, and a few beers. It was interesting how they mixed western and eastern foods. For example, in the barbecue section, they served barbecue ribs with white rice, instead of French fries or potatoes. Nonetheless, the food was great and satisfying. Saigon is great for sitting and relaxing while you shop. Whenever you are sitting,