Cu Chi Tunnels

8am checkout from our accommodation and we were picked up for our half-day tour to the famous Cu Chi Tunnels.
The journey there was around 2 hours by bus, and it was crazy watching the scenery change from the busy city to countryside, and eventually into jungle. As soon as we arrived, we were greeted by an immediate soaking of humidity. The air was so thick, hot and wet that it felt almost impossible to stay dry! Our tour guide took us on a walking tour through the jungle, showing us some of the Vietnamese traps that were used during the war. A lot of them were surprisingly creative — and definitely not something you’d want to step into!

Then it was time to descend into the Cu Chi Tunnels. The tunnels were narrow and the entire time we had to stay crouched down just to fit. I couldn’t imagine having to live and fight in these tunnels for 20 years.
For much of the tunnel, we had to crawl our way through — and I won’t even mention the humidity trapped inside!
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After the long bus trip back to Ho Chi Minh City, we arrived around 3pm and went straight in search of Bánh Mì for lunch. Our afternoon was spent grabbing Grabs to visit a few unique cafés that Amos found. Each one was such a cool experience, and getting to drive through some of the more local areas was great!
For dinner, we headed to Ho Thi Ky Food Street, where we sat amongst the locals on plastic chairs and ate calamari, beef skewers and drank beer. It wouldn’t be Vietnam without the unpredictable weather, a heavy shower pasted over but as per usual, it only lasted 20 minutes before clearing up. One thing about the heat, is an hour after it pours down, majority of the roads will be dry again as if it never rained.
With a few hours to fill before our sleeper bus, we headed back to the famous Bùi Viện Walking Street to farewell Ho Chi Minh City the same way it greeted us — loud and full of life!
Our previous accommodation kindly kept our backpacks in lockers for the day, so later that night we went back to collect them, headed to the bus bay and jumped on our 1am sleeper bus to Da Lat! Boy were we tired and struggled to stay awake until our bus came.Read more