Sunday, April 10
Breakfast at. 6:00 at the newly renovated hotel close by. Hung's husband picked us up in his car kl.7 with his son. Van, who is the daughter of bċdfolkene in Hue, should the whole day. She has got a position in Hanoi in food control. First stop was the Cu Chi tunnels. We were there as any of the first and was joined by three young women from Myanmar. They were very western - an engineer and two doctors. The guide showed us the many shoulder places where local residents could hide when the Americans attack. People from the group had the opportunity to creep into the entrances. It required that it was small and thin! The tunnel system consists of approximately 250 km handmade tunnels of 3 levels. Construction started under the French, but was expanded during the American occupation. There were command center, kitchen facilities and hospital underground. An exciting visit. Next stop was Tay Ninh main center of Cao Dai religion, which is a mixture of Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. We saw the fascinating ceremony that takes place every day at. 12th We ate lunch at the usual venue in Tay Ninh about 75 km from Saigon. After returning home, we visited a large supermarket close by the hotel and dinner we enjoyed at Hung with the family.
Cu Chi
Cu Chi
More about Cu Chi
Tay Ninh Cao Dai
Tay Ninh Cao Dai
More about Cao Dai
Video Cao Dai.
Lunch
Dinner at Hung and her family
Monday, April 11
Breakfast in the TTC hotel - nice buffet. There we will be staying in the autumn. We took a taxi to the Independence Palace (Independent museum) Before 30 / 4-75 was the presidential palace. It was exciting to see the many beautiful rooms where the things we've read about occurred. IT equipment in security basement underneath the building work well enough on antique and old-fashioned. Taxi to "Ben Tanh Market". Here you can buy everything, but there is no place in kuffertene for more! The evening meal we took on "a very Vietnamese" place. Something strange but exciting! Manager of TTC hotel had invited the Roof Top coffee. So we ended the day on the 7th floor with stunning views of Saigon inferno of traffic, all the while we enjoyed ourselves with the manager.
Former presidential palace
Although market women get hungry in between