We left DC on Thursday and 23 hours plus a time change later arrived into Saigon (Ho chi min city) around midnight on Friday. The place was buzzing as Vietnam had beaten Malaysia in a soccer match that evening. Lots of flag waving and manic moped driving. Spent Saturday wandering around the city, including the War Remnants Museum, renamed from the Museum of American and Chinese War Crimes, which is what happens when you don't consult the marketing team first. It was pretty sobering. Took "cyclos" back (see photo) - a modified bicycle cart that can be unnerving in traffic.
Today we went to Cu Chi to see the tunnel system that the Viet Cong fought from (widened for widened tourists) and visited the Cao Dai temple (an 80 year old religion with 4m followers that blends Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism and Confucianism). Virtually every chicken and duck dish has been struck off of restaurant menus, presumably due to the outbreaks of bird flu earlier this year.
Head to Dalit tomorrow morning
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