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Day Six – Vietnam War-era Tunnels and an Exhilarating Saigon Experience

Not a tale of two cities, but a tale of two completely different experiences in Saigon. Our morning was spent visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels, about 1 3/4 hours outside the city.  This is a sequence of over 75 miles of tunnels that date to the French War and that were used extensively by theContinue reading “Day Six – Vietnam War-era Tunnels and an Exhilarating Saigon Experience”

Day Five – Immersion in Saigon

It was a relatively early morning in Saigon when we took our rickshaw ride to see how the city wakes up; the population seems to be somewhere between 10m and 15m (it was about 3m in 1975 when the Vietnam War ended), making it the largest city in the country, with something like 6m scooters/motorbikes. Continue reading “Day Five – Immersion in Saigon”