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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Cu Chi Tunnel / Walking Tour Ho Chi Minh

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Streets of Saigon

Woke up. Breakfast along Beau Vien Street (Carinderia Style).Booked Tour Package


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Beau Vien Street
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Exactly Opposite by Evening


 Cu Chi Tunnel Tour 

(1st Half of the Day Tour -$9 per pax/No Food/Entrance Fee and Transportation only)
      *Cu Chi is a district located approximately 70 KM Northwest of Ho Chi Minh City
      *One of the Vietnam War History Tours. Just listened to your Tour Guide for more information. The only thing I remembered from him is that Americans lost the war in Vietnam and he always saying "Take Pictures and Keep Going"
      *For further info, you can visit the Cu Chi Tunnel site here
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Stopover (Vietnam Handicapped Handicrafts)


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Lone Witness of the Vietnam War
 Ben Dinh Underground Tunnel Complex was the base of Cu-Chi District Party leadership in the Anti- American resistance,also a place of eating,accommodation,meting as well as exclusive battlefield,taking its part in the countering against the enemy for saving the country
     *Source:www.cuchitunnel.org.vn


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Vietnam War Documentary Film
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Demonstration First-Secret Basement Cover
   
 



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a US Army Tank corpse


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Vietnamese Women supported the Viet Congs thru cooking, medical assistance etc.


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Traps made by Viet Congs


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If you're Claustrophobic don't try
 

 




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Free Snack - Vietnamese called it "Tapioca" (Kamoteng Kahoy)


Ho Chi Minh Walking Tour 

(2nd Half of the Day Tour- Do It Yourself)
     *Crossing the streets in Ho Chi Minh is a bit challenging due to motorcycles,they won't stop but they will make a way that a pedestrian can cross the street. 
 
*1st Stop : War Remnants Museum 
( Entrance VND15000/ Open Hours: All Days AM: 730-1200PM/ PM: 130-500PM)
List of Themes: Historical Truths,Requiem,Collection of Documentary photos,Imprisonment conditions during the war,Aggressive War Crimes,DOVE,The World People in Support of Vietnam's Resistance.
    
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Im Happy, Now they're Smiling

 


*2nd Stop: Lunch at Jollibee Saigon
     *When we saw the store, our initial reaction were "Yehey Jollibee" "Picture" (Parang Mga Bata Lang!)


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Jabee in Vietnam


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All Time Favorite- the Chicken Joy (No Gravy)


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*3rd Stop: Reunification Palace
 (Entrance VND 30000/ With Tour Guide)
     *used to be the President's office of South Vietnam.


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Other Tourists


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*4th Stop: Notre Dame Catholic Church


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*5th Stop: Post Office
(Was Constructed and Designed by Gustave Eiffel (Architect of Eiffel Tower) /Money Changer/Phone Booth- If you wish to call Abroad)


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*6th Stop: Ben Thanh Market
            *(North Face,Deuter Class A Bags/ Vietnamese Coffee/Souvenir Shirts ,Key Chains, etc)
            * Due to limited time, we never had the chance to go to stores that sells authentic North Face Bags and the like.You have to alot whole day if your target is shopping in Ho Chi Minh City.
                  * I didn't buy a lot, still on my 1st country, 2 more to go.
                  * Don't forget to bargain guys!
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Statue Marker near Ben Tanh


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North Face, Deuter, etc.
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Souvenir Shirts


Coconut and Ginger Candies from Mekong Delta Tour


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Cute Vietnamese Magnetic Dolls


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*7th Stop: Dinner at Pho 2000
                (Near the Ben Than Market/ Last 2000 President Bill Clinton dine here) We Tried their Traditional Pho and Spring Rolls.


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Tea


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Pho (Noodles)


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Spring Rolls


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Rush Hour in HCMC
     Back to Hotel. Booked our Midnight Bus going to Phnom Penh Cambodia through our Hotel -Hotel 97, Beau Vien Street
     *Midnight Bus (Kampuchea Angkor Express- $12/ Has a CR/ Blanket/ Not a Reclining Seat)
By 12:30 AM, Left Beau Vien Street. By 3 AM  awake and noticed that the Bus has stopped. I guess we parked near  the border and waited for the opening.

By 6 AM, the Border in Moc Bai opens and after 30 mins we exited Vietnam.
    *Mind the Border Opening Hours 




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Waiting for other Passengers clearing Immigration
Useful Links:

My Mentor, Andy's Travel to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Click Here
GMA News Sandra Aguinaldo's Biyaheng Timog Silangang Asya ( Southeast Asia Travel). Click Here

If you have questions, feel free to comment below. "Cam On" (Thank You!)


Next > Day III: Siem Reap/Angkor Wat, Cambodia




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