Cu Chi Tunnel Tour

Our second day in Vietnam started early. We woke up at 7AM to visit The Sinh Tourist as we have a booked half-day Cu Chi Tunnel Tour. With our experience, I can recommend Sinh Tourist. We left their office on time, their buses were in good condition most particularly their air-cons, and they even provided us bottled waters. However, the problem with all of the group tours was the hidden itinerary: there were several stop-overs to souvenir shops. It was such a waste of time! Good thing that during our tour, we only stopped at one shop and stayed there for only 30 minutes.

Cu Chi Tunnel presents how the South Vietnamese people won against the US army. We watched a short video presentation before going to the main area. Afterwards, we toured around the forest and was amazed on how the soldiers survived and won the war.

A camouflaged hiding area

Sample trap used by the Vietnamese

Tunnel Air Hole

Posing at one of the tank

Rubber sandals

Pretending to be a guerrilla for a minute, we ate what they ate: steamed tapioca and hot tea

Before the tour ended, we crawled on the 100-meter long tunnel. At first, it seemed easy but as we moved further, the tunnel opening kept getting smaller. The strength of our legs were tested with us doing the duck walk! I have felt how hard it was for the soldiers during that time to hide under the tunnel.

We arrived at Ho Chi Minh City at 1:30PM. Time to fill-in our stomachs with some Vietnamese specialties at the Lemon Grass Restaurant, details on my next post. :)