Cu Chi Tunnels, March 5 The Cu Chi Tunnels are an incredible system of underground tunnels built by the Vietnamese people in the town of Cu Chi during the Vietnam War. Cu Chi is located a few hours outside of Saigon and Peter and I went there on a day trip with Sinh Tourism. Our tour guide was quite informative and I tried to take notes as best as I could so here's what I can tell you from those notes and my memory: The Vietnam war lasted from 1948 to 1975,...

Cu Chi Tunnels, March 5 The Cu Chi Tunnels are an incredible system of underground tunnels built by the Vietnamese people in the town of Cu Chi during the Vietnam War. Cu Chi is located a few hours outside of Saigon and Peter and I went there on a day trip with Sinh Tourism. Our tour guide was quite informative and I tried to take notes as best as I could so here's what I can tell you from those notes and my memory: The Vietnam war lasted from 1948 to 1975,...

Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, March 3-9 Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is a large city in southern Vietnam. It can get confusing sometimes because maps, addresses, and people all use the two names interchangeably at times. I may do the same so be forewarned. When I said it was a large city, I meant it. According to my tour guide, it has 10 million people and 5 million motorbikes…there are A LOT of motorbikes around this place! On a side note—it...

I try to write my first impressions of each country as soon as I enter it since it's interesting to see which ones are accurate and which ones change after being in a place for awhile. You're probably thinking that this blog will be skewed since it's been awhile since I first entered Vietnam, right? Well, since I know I don't have time to blog all the time, I at least keep notes on each city, including first impressions so this entry will be based on those notes...