Phu My for Ho Chi Minh City and Cu Chi tunnels

Long drive to Cu Chi tunnels.  Went through lots of villages and saw lots of motor cycles again.  Mum with baby asleep, four kids and dad on one bike, amazing.  Bikes with so much stuff on them.  Carrying ladders and all sorts of stuff.  lots of rubbish on the roadside, but then on the median strip they are making beautiful gardens and planting lots of plants.  Go figure.  I saw rice paddies and a cart pulled by two buffalo.  Missed photos because came up on them very quickly in the bus.

Tunnels were amazing out in the middle of the jungle.  Very small, highlight of my day was watching a large english lady get in and then couldn't get out.  Three men had to drag her out.

I went down the biggest ones but they are very steep so I left most of them alone.  Had a short film clip before we went and saw the tunnels.  Talked a lot about how the Americans destroyed the land, all the forest;/jungle there is new growth because it was napalmed.  Don't know how the Americans took this because it was very biased, but very true.

Bought a pair of sandals made out of tyres, this is what they used during the war.  Cost me $4.  Seemed OK when I bought them, but when I got home my feet slip out of them, so they will stay here, too heavy to bring home anyway.

Had lunch at a local restaurant, buffet style, used chopsticks sort of but made a decent effort with them.

Long day left at 7.15 and back at 5.15.  Very interesting though.


Family out for a ride




Again bikes and motorcycles can carry anything




Stairs down to tunnels are very steep




Very narrow entry, so sorry I didn't take a photo of the woman who got stuck




A tank destroyed in 1970




Making rice paper for rolls




Making retread shoes





Ho Chi Minh




Peak hour traffic on a roundabout - just go anywhere





My retread shoes, right one kept slipping off and they were very heavy, so left them behind



One of the traps set by Vietnamese for US soldiers