Well, here we are, the final day of our trip. I can't believe it! It's gone by super fast, we have seen some incredible things over the past month, and we didn't kill each other ;) Even better! In all honesty, the trip was just a blessing. We have never spent this much time together in our dating career thus far, and it was just like one big date :-). .. with a few hiccups along the way, but overall a success. Today we went to the Cu Chi tunnels. AKA the coolest tour one can do in Vietnam for a total of $9 US! We drove in a crowded bus with some fun Germans, about 1.5 hours out of HCMC. However, you don't ever really feel like you leave the city as the city just goes and goes and goes... anyhoo, the Cu Chi tunnels are a series of underground tunnels that the Vietcong used during the war. There are 3 tiers to the depths of these, with the first tier only reach 3 m below ground level and the second tier going down to 6 m, and so forth. All of the soil that was dug out was hauled slowly across the landscape and disposed of either in the Saigon River or in the rice fields. They have been expanded to allow for Western tourists, but I believe they are now 40 cm wide and 90 cm in height; when the Vietcong used these tunnels they were 1/2 the size! There were hospitals underground, kitchens, sleeping quarters, areas to fights, areas to build weapons and the entire network was filled with boobie traps and such to keep the enemy at bay. They used termite mounds as a means to get air into the tunnel and smoke from the kitchen was diverted meters away from the actual kitchen. People were born in these tunnels, people lived most of their lives in here.. it was incredible. We went in through 20 m of the tunnel, 6 m underground. Steven did the whole 150 m; I popped out and then when back in, it was hot, humid and dark... 20 m was suffice for me. We ended our trip and have been just wandering HCMC ever since. I did however find my favorite store "Mango Mng" and have purchased 2 wicked dresses for work / summer. Albiet, I am a little poorer now. Anyhoo, we leave tomorrow and arrive in Ctown around 1 am. A fabulous trip and I am so happy to have shared it with Steven. See you soon!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Final Day!
Well, here we are, the final day of our trip. I can't believe it! It's gone by super fast, we have seen some incredible things over the past month, and we didn't kill each other ;) Even better! In all honesty, the trip was just a blessing. We have never spent this much time together in our dating career thus far, and it was just like one big date :-). .. with a few hiccups along the way, but overall a success. Today we went to the Cu Chi tunnels. AKA the coolest tour one can do in Vietnam for a total of $9 US! We drove in a crowded bus with some fun Germans, about 1.5 hours out of HCMC. However, you don't ever really feel like you leave the city as the city just goes and goes and goes... anyhoo, the Cu Chi tunnels are a series of underground tunnels that the Vietcong used during the war. There are 3 tiers to the depths of these, with the first tier only reach 3 m below ground level and the second tier going down to 6 m, and so forth. All of the soil that was dug out was hauled slowly across the landscape and disposed of either in the Saigon River or in the rice fields. They have been expanded to allow for Western tourists, but I believe they are now 40 cm wide and 90 cm in height; when the Vietcong used these tunnels they were 1/2 the size! There were hospitals underground, kitchens, sleeping quarters, areas to fights, areas to build weapons and the entire network was filled with boobie traps and such to keep the enemy at bay. They used termite mounds as a means to get air into the tunnel and smoke from the kitchen was diverted meters away from the actual kitchen. People were born in these tunnels, people lived most of their lives in here.. it was incredible. We went in through 20 m of the tunnel, 6 m underground. Steven did the whole 150 m; I popped out and then when back in, it was hot, humid and dark... 20 m was suffice for me. We ended our trip and have been just wandering HCMC ever since. I did however find my favorite store "Mango Mng" and have purchased 2 wicked dresses for work / summer. Albiet, I am a little poorer now. Anyhoo, we leave tomorrow and arrive in Ctown around 1 am. A fabulous trip and I am so happy to have shared it with Steven. See you soon!
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