Saigon again and Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam: January 25-26

We spent the next full day traveling back to Saigon from Siem Reap (in order to catch our flight back to Hanoi the next day). When we got into the city, it was well past dark and all the New Year decorations were lit up. Gorgeous!
There was an awesome parade, and tons of families were out with their little children. What a fun time of year to be in Vietnam!


The Opera House, all lit up for Tet:



The next morning, we took a short trip to the nearby Cu Chi Tunnels. This was a base camp for the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) during the "American War." Here's Phong doing a demo of one of the tunnels the soldiers used to hide in. Now you see him...

...now you don't!

A bamboo trap with spikes at the bottom:

Snake wine for sale at the gift shop. This one is so much prettier than that crap we drank!

American missiles dropped on the Cu Chi area: