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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Vietnam - Part 4: Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong delta

Our final days in Vietnam were spent in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and the Mekong Delta. We enjoyed this modern city, it has a different feel than Hanoi but still very enjoyable. The Mekong delta was great to see. It is very different to anything we have seen and a great way to see how the people of the Mekong delta live. We also visited the Cu Chi tunnels, the 220km underground network of tunnels built by the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War. Amazing......