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Third day HCMC
We got up super early as we were due to dept with our tour and 8.15am to the Cu Chi Tunnels. We were collected by a mini bus full of people and brought to the harbour where our guide Mr.Bean told us his life story and the story of Vietnam. Did you know there was an embargo on Vietnamese food import and export til 1980, and that Pres. Clinton lifted it and the day this happend 2 hours later pepsi was everywhere in Vietnam. Amazing. Mr.Bean would you believe was on the American side of the fighting and he is Vietnamese. We the Viet Cong were the gurilleas north of Siagon and they built tunnels underneath the ground and lived there and faught there. When we got there it was amazing we were in a forrest and there were hundreds of tunnels underneath us. Mr.Bean told us alot from both sides. We even got the go along them under ground it was so amazing that for years they lived like this. Fight and work rarely sleep and they were never defeated. The funniest thing is that they widened the tunnels for us big westerns to get into. These people were tiny in fact they still are i feel really fat besid ethe women. In fact i was loosing weight the first 2 weeks but now since there isnt really anything to do in Ho Chi Minh City i have been eatting so much. anyway as we emerged out of the tunnel the monsoon rain was falling and rivers had replaced to paths it was maddess luckily i hadmy mac in a sac so i was laughing.
We got back to our hotel at 3pm so i showererd and we headed to the market where we ended up buying more DVDS ha ha! We got some Thai food which was so bloody spicy but i had to finish it as it was delisious. It was 6pm so me and George split up and killed sometime looking at the shops and going on the net before i went to Sheridans (the irish pub) to watch the match. I had the jersay on ready and waiting. I met some Irish peeps in the bar. 3 of whom have families and live here and 3 of whom were on holidays. I was the only Waterford one and there was no Kilkenny thank god as the match well lets just not talk about it. Anyway i drowned my sorrows and headed home at 12.30.
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