Tuesday, June 10, 2008
On request, here are some photos of Vietnam... When I get a bit more time I'll finish the post and toss up the rest. Hopefully I can squeeze some more time in this week...
Turns out Ho Chi Minh City has some great buildings... who knew the Post Office would be a tourist attraction? And due to the French influence, they even have a Notre Dame cathedral. We also went to the Reunification Palace.
Here are some of what we saw at the Reunification Palace. There were all sorts of nice conference rooms and what not, but this was the basement. I stopped to take a few photos and walking down that hallway alone definitely had some creepiness going on. It was interesting to see some of the equipment they used back in the day, as well as the barrenness of the rooms.
We had a tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels that are just outside of Ho Chi Minh. Our guide was demonstrating one of the entrances into the tunnels... pretty clever. What makes it even sneakier is how little you have to be to fit in there, I think you couldn't have a waist size above 34... The Vietnamese are small.
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- Hardin Family said...
June 13, 2008 at 1:48 PMI didn't know you had a blog. Your life is so interesting. I'll keep checking back.- Anonymous said...
June 17, 2008 at 4:38 PMSweet pictures Meg. You're Canada's secret spy in Vietnam, and I imagine you were able to fit in those tiny tunnels no problem!- Hardin Family said...
June 22, 2008 at 8:07 PMIt might not be that funny since you are living in Engrish culture but Jared (he served his mission in Hong Kong) thinks this website is hilarious. www.engrish.com- Alysha Sladek said...
July 3, 2008 at 6:56 AMnice to see an update! been awhile ;) can't wait to see more pics.