Meg, Jim, Ed, and Beth on Tour: February 2014

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Last dinner and ready for trip home

Just finished our last dinner on holiday and now off to pack for tomorrow. See you soon

Ed, Beth, Meg and Jimmy

Not sure why Dad's not smiling?

Visit to the Reunification palace

Our last Day was spent visiting the Reunnification Palace and shopping. The palace was stunning. Amazing architecture and totally untouched since the 70s. One of the best tours we've done on the trip! See below for more information and links from Wikipedia extract (plus our photos)

Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập), also known as Reunification Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Thống Nhất), built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark inHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President ofSouth Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.

War Room

Bat Phones

Private Theater

Beth again following the rules

Down in the bunker

Dad and Beth play Maxwell Smart (spys)

Indoor shooting range

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Cu Chi Tunnels

Just back from a tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels. Very interesting and ye opening. Beth, Ed and Jimmy managed to crawl through a 100meter tunnel.

The tunnels of Củ Chi are an immense network of connecting underground tunnels located in the Củ Chi district of Ho Chi Minh City(Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country. The Củ Chi tunnels were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War, and were the Viet Cong's base of operations for the Tết Offensive in 1968.

The tunnels were used by Viet Cong soldiers as hiding spots during combat, as well as serving as communication and supply routes, hospitals, food and weapon caches and living quarters for numerous North Vietnamese fighters. The tunnel systems were of great importance to the Viet Cong in their resistance to American forces, and helped to counter the growing American military effort.