Days 9 & 10- Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, I quite liked! It is a very developed city and had all the more fancy stores. We went to the post office,the Notre Dame bulding, The War Museum and The Cu Chi Tunnels. The War Museum and Cu Chi Tunnels were a little sad, especially the War Museum. It’s amazing how […]
Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, I quite liked! It is a very developed city and had all the more fancy stores. We went to the post office,the Notre Dame bulding, The War Museum and The Cu Chi Tunnels.
The War Museum and Cu Chi Tunnels were a little sad, especially the War Museum. It's amazing how anti-American the propaganda about the Vietnamese war here still is. It really hit home the effects of the Agent Orange (the American herbicidal warfare program) with the pictures of thousands of people still born deformed and with disabilities even today. The sad thing is the Vietnamese war seems almost unnecessary. I hate war and all it stands for. Especially this war, what was the point?
Obviously, there are two sides to the story. Maybe three, and here in Vietnam, they only tell the story from their own point of view. Nevertheless, it still seems like it was a pointless 10 years of murder and fighting. The Cu Chi tunnels where the Vietnamese hid to escape the war and bombs were really intriguing. It is a complex system of tunnels. I was quite ill when I got there so I didn't get to take that many pics or go into the tunnels. It was still interesting though.
Day 8- Chau Doc
Today we travelled from Sihanoukville, Cambodia to Chau Doc, Vietnam. It is a very busy city, crossing the road was manic! Everyone just sort of crosses even though you have motorbikes approaching at full speed and the bikes just sort of weave their way around you. Absolute madness. We rode motorbikes to the top of […]
Today we travelled from Sihanoukville, Cambodia to Chau Doc, Vietnam. It is a very busy city, crossing the road was manic! Everyone just sort of crosses even though you have motorbikes approaching at full speed and the bikes just sort of weave their way around you. Absolute madness.
We rode motorbikes to the top of a mountain to watch the sun set. Sunrise and sunset during the summer make my life. In a world full of bad things, I live for the natural beauty of it.
Day 7- Sihanoukville Day 2
I’ve had some lazy days on this trip because sometimes it’s just too fast-paced for me. From time to time, when everyone goes off to do stuff, I just chill. Day 7 in Sihanoukville was spent just chilling on the beach reading a book called ”First They Killed My Father” in which a little girl […]
I've had some lazy days on this trip because sometimes it's just too fast-paced for me. From time to time, when everyone goes off to do stuff, I just chill. Day 7 in Sihanoukville was spent just chilling on the beach reading a book called ''First They Killed My Father'' in which a little girl tells her story of the Cambodian Genocide.
Would you believe that this little cutie turned pretty aggressive when I refused to purchase bracelets from her after already buying about a million from all the other kids that came up to me? She went as far as to tell me to get out of her country and die while returning to mine. Talk about learning firsthand not to judge a book by it's cover.
On day 8, we set off for Chau Doc, Vietnam. So far, I prefer Cambodia to Vietnam. I might skip some days and not do the posts by day so I don't bore you with some less picturesque experiences.