Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)

We took our last overnight bus ride in Vietnam and arrived in Saigon at 6am on Friday. Even at this early hour the city was buzzing with traffic and people. After a bit of a rest at our hostel, we headed out to explore. The map we have and the actual road names don't always match up, but we managed to find our way to the post office builing, which is quite impressive and beautiful inside and also past the cathedral where we took some more photos. Walking around the city is really nice, despite the traffic that is absolutely crazy. You'll sometimes see 4 or 5 people on a moped (parents and 3 kids all holding on for dear life), they use the mopeds to transport anything and everything. Yesterday we saw a guy with a fridge/freezer kind of balancing on the moped, we've seen big tv's on there and people with 10 boxes somehow strapped on as they zoom past you. It's unbelieveable!
This morning we got up bright and early to go to the Cu Chi Tunnels. It was a very interesting tour where they showed us the tunnels they made to hide and live in, weapons (how they made and used them), boobie traps they set up for the American soldiers, some craters and tanks. We also saw how they used to knot the leaves on trees to mark their whereabouts . Lastly we got to walk through one of the tunnels. This tunnel has been widened and some lights put in part of the way so that tourists can get through more easily and even still it's very claustrophobic and scary down there. It's incredibly humid and sticky above ground and underground is even worse. A few meters was enough for Colin and I, because you feel like you can't breath and like you'll never see light again.
This evening we went for another nice meal, we've really enjoyed the food in Vietnam. One annoying thing is that even when you're eating you have people coming into the restaurants trying to sell you things. Just as I got my food this evening I spotted a little girl come towards us and I had already prepared my I'm not interested face, but rather than beg me to buy something from her she came righht up to my plate with her face. I had to pull my plate away because it looked like she was going to slurp my food up. It was so weird, I wasn't sure whether to feel sorry for her or annoyed.
We leave Vietnam tomorrow morning and head to Cambodia. We've both absolutely loved our time here and definitely want to come back. It's a wonderful country, with lovely people, delicious food and so much beauty to experience and explore. Add Vietnam to your "countires to visit" list!