Posts tagged as "Ho Chi Minh City"

Posted by venlala on 26th May 2008

Chu Chi tunnels, Cyclo tour, War Remnants Museum

The second part of the Cambodia-Vietnam tour begins from Ben Duoc tunnels, part of the Cu Chi tunnel complex. We leave 7am to avoid the rush hour I hear, but where these millions of scooters already on the roads come from, I have no idea. We are already stuck in the traffic. Ben Duoc Tunnel [...]

Posted by venlala on 25th May 2008

Ho Chi Minh tour, Buddhist wisdom, New tour group

I have become good friends with a Californian couple from Berkeley, Oakland, also participating the whole tour from Bangkok to Hanoi. They are very smart and intelligent, well traveled and know many interesting things. The wife is a painter and the husband has recently sold his own restaurant, and now enjoys DIY and retirement. When [...]

Posted by venlala on 24th May 2008

Ho Chi Minh City

In the morning we begin an eight-hour long bus journey to Ho Chi Minh City, previously known as Saigon and still known as Saigon for the majority of the people in and out of the city. The road from Chau Doc to Saigon is pleasant after the Cambodia’s rocky roads, but travelling is slow because [...]