Crawling through the Cu Chi Tunnels

Having explored most of Saigon the previous two days we needed a change of scenery, so we got up early and left to go on a tour to the Cu Chi Tunnels which played a significant role in the Vietnam War. The tunnels are only approx. 40 min outside the city but it still took us the best part of 2 hours to get there thanks to traffic.

The tour was very interesting but our highlight was definitely the crawling through the tunnels. Will had done it already in 2018 but for some reason felt like the tunnels had gotten even smaller.

Done with the tour it was time to say goodbye to Annika & Nils who organised their own transport back to a hotel in the North of Saigon.
Another 2 hours later we arrived back in Saigon and also had to part ways with Ny who left to catch her flight back to Hanoi.
Since we'll be seeing everyone again every soon, the tears dried quickly and we made our way to our accommodation.

Later that night we tried to find a specific dish that Ny recommended. Unfortunately, we were unable to find it and settle for a questionable street food stall. We ordered some sort of noodle soup and just prayed it would be dead and not have eyeballs. It turned out to be a noodle soup with some sort of beef meatballs. The broth was delicious, the meatballs not so much but at least they were definitely not breathing anymore.

To end our last evening in Saigon we enjoyed a few pints down party street (Bui Vien Walking Street) which is also an excellent place to people watch.Read more