Photo Tour of Saigon and the Cu Chi Tunnels

From Saigonese street food to the Cu Chi tunnels that helped win the 'American War', this photo tour takes you through the heart of southern Vietnam.

 

a determined kid on an oversized bike

 

Notre Dame Cathedral

 

Notre Dame Cathedral

 

pouring of oil at the jade temple

 

at the jade temple

 

If I wasn't in a temple, I would think this was a pirate

 

The Lunch Lady hard at work

 

dishing out soup at the Lunch Lady

 

A green wall of plants

 

skyscraper with helipad… no tenants with helicopter… #fail

 

 

 

Saigon City Hall

 

Ho Chi Minh statue in front of Saigon's city hall

 

matchy match skirts

 

Lina doing her afternoon workout

 

eating a mango

 

choose your live seafood… one fish actually jumped out of the tank while we were eating… it wanted out!

 

the cheapest place for beer in Saigon… very popular spot. everyone is served on the street

 

American military vehicles on display

 

USAF plane

 

Torture techniques against prisoners held in South (American supported) Vietnamese camps. Which is the worst?

 

View of a USAF plane from the model prison

 

Lina with her Pho in front of a picture of Bill Clinton with his Pho

 

Lina and another Bill Clinton photo

 

A painting made with egg shells… Wow… Inspecting this close up was amazing

 

mother of pearl embedded in a painting

 

mother of pearl artwork

 

egg shell artwork

 

eggshell artwork being put together… yes those look like free range eggs to me

 

how the artwork here is prepared

 

Lina and Dean at one of the entrances to the Cu Chi tunnels

 

not the greatest picture of this map, but basically the black lines running through the red area were the Cu Chi tunnels… Black were American bases. The Americans never really found the tunnels.

 

The Cu Chi tunnel network… 3 different levels

 

an airhole for the Cu Chi tunnels. Often used to peak out and navigate

 

me in M41 tank destroyed by a mine in the Vietnam War

 

a trap around the Cu Chi tunnels

 

the Cu Chi tunnel trap in action

 

model of Vietnamese melting down bombs for metal

 

sampling of recovered bombs

 

Dean getting instructions on how to shoot an ak-47

 

Dean shooting ak-47

 

Dean feeling the kickback of the ak-47

 

target practice

 

target practice

 

entrance to the Cu Chi tunnels

 

Lina in the Cu Chi tunnels… barely able to kneel

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