While we were monitoring news of Typhoon Haiyan's effects on the north of Vietnam, we were blessed with a bright and fair day today...
After another hearty breakfast on the 11th floor restaurant of the hotel...
we took a 1 hour and 40 minutes drive to the Cu Chi area and arrived at the Cu Chi Tunnels...
With tickets in hand...
we ventured into the exciting unknown...
jungles of Cu Chi...
filled with B52 bomb craters and entrances to tunnels...
booby-traps...
in the jungle making rice-paper ...
and sandals from discarded vehicle tires...
We saw battle-field relics...
but the creme de la creme was the opportunity to crawl through the tunnels.....even though there was a queue...
US General W. Westmoreland once said “No one has ever demonstrated more ability to hide his installations than the Viet Cong; they were human moles.”
Upon emerging from the tunnels...
what can be better than sipping hot Chinese tea and eating steamed tapioca dipped in crushed peanut...
And as we left the Cu Chi Tunnels with an eye out for the weather, we were lucky that the weather was holding out...
Photos courtesy of Mrs Koh and Mr Cheah
