26th Sep Sat
Had early brkfast cos halfday Cu Chi trip tour guide, Hung from Luxury Group Tours, will pick us up at 8am.. our grp of 3 pairs.. all asians.. small grp easier for movement also.. up bus, introduction of vietnam by Hung.. den stopped over a workshop by e handicaps.. the works are so nice, but ex.. but inded alot of work to hv one pc of art to be completed.
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| painting |
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| using egg shell |
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| egg shell ART |
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| designer |
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| made of sea shells |
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| close up |
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| washed |
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| rich colourful products |
ard 30 mins ltr, rch Cu Chi tunnel.. went walk in e jungle and first stop is e well known of one man trap.. at least e ground is dry, no need scare of dirty.. went in and fit nicely for me.. only worry tt i cant come out.. lol.. need force to put my butt on e ground. with my height, all shld b able to come up.. den show us the diff types of traps they made with e reuse of e bomb shell.. ไปฅ็่ฟ็ to e US.. and they were really clever to do these.. using emptied bamboo truck for air circulation for e tunnels tt dig in zig zag format.. all these routes hv to memorise by em, else hard to escape too.. imagine X yrs living there..
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| Hung, our tour guide |
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| opening the secret gate |
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| how they hide inside |
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| deep insideee |
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| my turn! |
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| gona hide myself inside |
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| deep insidee |
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| his turn |
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| gona come up |
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| push urself up! |
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| go in from here, get out from there (right side), but in zig zap route |
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| trap! |
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| their relaxing place |
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| they emptied the bamboo trunk and used for air circulation in the tunnel.. one of the air pipes |
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| one of the military tanks they used |
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| different types of traps they created |
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| hook at the end to mk em more suffering |
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| emptied cannons |
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| drying rice skin for rice roll |
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| rubber shoes made of tyres |
time to go tunnel.. 100m route, and already sweating like hell!! those soldiers with so many things, thinkg hw they move.. but quite interesting to experience tt.. no wonder all will say must go to Cu Chi tunnel when in HCM.. but glad we went war museum on first day to hv a start understanding of e vietnam war.. for me at least.. den can feel more in this tunnel..
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| this is the tunnel~! |
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| Super hot after this exercise |
had a short break with tapioca and tea.. den go for documentary video of 15 mins and offf to bus to enjoy aircon while sending us bk to hotel.. overall quite gd experience with this tour agency..
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| 15 mins video |
rest and charging our hp before set off for lunch.. will be gg for burgers at The Black Cat.. ordered buffalo wings and The Garfield 145.. hmm.. wings nt nice with weird sauce taste.. Garfield tt comes in 150g patty with amercian cheese, etc is yummy.. nicer than e wings..
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| Buffalo Wings.. dun order. .nt niceee |
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| The Garfield |
after tt went to hv a look at Saigon Opera House.. unlike Sydney one.. hee.. but stopped by Trung Ngyen Cafe first.. ordered Weasel coffee for 174 with milk.. interested concept.. hv to wait ard 15 mins to allow e coffee to be drained and further.. the cup nt big thou.. its time to drink! wah! is bitter~~ than bittergourd! even more interesting is.. when try to add sugar / milk.. guess wats the taste will be? sweet? yes! u r wrong!! tt taste is even bitter than previous.. OMG! weasel coffee.. indeed from shit.. juz rem, dun put sugar~~
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| 170k vnd - weasel coffee |
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| legendee |
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| waited ard 15 mins for the coffee to drip finish |
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| PLS DO NOT ADD SUGAR / MILK!!! |
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| Saigon Opera House |
den further down is Parkson Mall.. same thing, similar as wat we hv in sg.. walked back to Taka Plaza to grab some similar clothes tt i prev bgt for others.. price stil same~ yeah.. too tired to walk again.. went bk Ben Thanh market and see if manage to find any for mum anot? but the place mk me hot and irritated.. gave up and juz go bk hotel to rest..
break liao, and off for dinner and again walk back to CityHall area to Nha Hang Ngon.. indeed lots of locals, tourists.. provides lots of vietnamese food and prices quite reasonable also. too many pages of menu and decide went tripadviser for faster search.. ordered sticky rice with roasted chix thigh 58, pancake 60, spring rolls 60 and crab meat soup 35.. total pice 215! is cheap~
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| crab meat soup 35.. super nice! but small bowl |
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| spring rolls 60 |
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| sticky rice with roasted chix thigh 58 |
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| pancake 60 |
as near to Cityhall, again tking pic of this place for night scene.. another feelg again and wah, this place is Super crowded.. unsure y and crowds juz there~! is juz like Orchard? also saw kids playing with lanterns and realised tml is mooncake fest le.. facing in frnt of cityhall is a long wide stretch of space and full of locals, few tourists.. they look so happy and having fun~ maybe the only place for them to gather? unsure.. was quite surprised when tour guide Hung told us they had Mac since last yr only, due to war and nt independent.. but nw they are getting to b commercialise and most of e students learn english in school.. they r catching up.. all e best..
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| City Hall @ night! |
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| super crowded~! |
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| Saigon Skydeck |
hv a break at La Rotande.. need to climb to lvl 2.. had Cookie Banana 68 and Lemon Cake 48..
walk bk to hotel and tonight traffic is so messy.. wkend need lots of courage to cross road.. ok.. its time to pack and tml last day in saigon..
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