We headed out to the ‘Cu Chi’ tunnels today. It was an early pickup as we wanted to visit the tunnels before the tourist herds arrive. Saigon traffic is ridiculous, so we were booked on a speedboat ride up the Mekong to the site. It saved hours but still took almost 90 minutes on the…
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Our morning tour today is called ‘Retracing the Past’, a visit to key sites in Saigon from the Vietnam (‘American’) War. Our first stop was at the Reunification Palace, previously known the Presidential Palace. It’s a huge complex with residential zones, rooms for managing the government and war time activities, and secret escape tunnels. On…
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Vu picked us up at the hotel for the ride to Da Nang airport where Peter was waiting to assist with the check-in for our flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Peter has been great and is our favorite guide so far. As with all of our guides, he has intimate stories of the war…
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We had an all-day cooking class today with Red Bridge Cookery in Hoi An. There were five of us today – Mimi, our instructor, and a couple and their adult daughter from Germany. We started the class with a drive of about 30 minutes to ‘Tra Que Vegetable Village’, a commune of local organic farmers. …
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