Saigon...

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After arriving in H0 Chi Minh City (Saigon) we grabbed some food and few drinks. We had 4 nights in the city so there would be plenty of time to explore.

Some highlights:

War Museum. Tons of pictures and displays regarding the Vietnam War. Many quite disturbing. The story was very one-sided...evil Americans coming and killing, torturing, raping, etc. Which we did of course, but they did too.

Cu Chi Tunnels. Tunnels that were used by the Vietnamese during the war. There were 240km of tunnels built up to three stories underground. We were able to crawl through a few sections of tunnel. Quite a funny documentary film extolling the virtues of the brave fighters of Cu Chi and how many of them were "American Killer Heroes". The tourguide also explained that the Americans could not fit into the tunnels because they smoked too much weed, ate too many hot dogs and were "fat like water buffalo". I'm lucky I don't smoke weed or eat hot dogs...I was able to fit.

Today we fly back to Phuket, Thailand. My plans for the next week include some beach time, climbing and diving on Ko Phi Phi and Phuket islands.