Vietnam trip part 3 ~ last day
A morning after sahur~ (^^)
Salam Ramadhan to Muslim friends. Only now have chance to post something, after LJ was down, can't properly write anything here.
Should continue with the Vietnam trip.
18th July (Day 6) - Ho Chi Minh
By 8am, we already departed by bus to the Cu Chi region for the Cu Chi Tunnel visit. It was troublesome to explain about it here, so i got this from the official Cu Chi Tunnel website.
"Cu Chi Tunnel is 70 km from Ho Chi Minh City in the Northwest. It is miniature battle versatile of Cu Chi’s military and people during the 30-year struggle longtime and fierce to fight invading enemy to receive independence, freedom for motherland. It also is the special architecture lying deeply underground with many stratums, nooks and crannies as complex as a cobweb, having spares for living, meeting and fighting with total lengths over 200 km. Real legends coming from the Tunnel are over human imaginativeness. Creeping down into the tunnel, only some yards, you can find out why Vietnam? A tiny country could defeat its enemy, the large and richest country in the world. Why Cu Chi, a barren and poor land could face strongly for 21 years to the army crowded many times compared with its force, warlike and equipped modern war weapons and means. In the fight, Cu Chi people won illustriously. Thanks to systems of tunnel ways, fortifications, combat trenches, soldiers and people of Cu Chi fought very bravely creating glorious feat of arms. The American invaders at first time stepped into Cu Chi land, they had to face so fierce resistances from tunnels from important and very difficult bases that they cried out, “Underground villages”, “Dangerous secret zone”, “cannot see any VC but they appear everywhere”… With its war pasture, Cu Chi Tunnels become a historical war hero of Vietnamese People like a 20th century legend and famous land in the world."
To summarize it in my own words, Cu Chi Tunnel is an underground villages during the time of war and battle with American army, with total length over 200km, complete with houses, kitchen and dining room, meeting room, weaponary, hospital, and anything that a normal village would have, the fact that most of them are underground!! Impressive. American fight the war with their advance weapon but the old Vietnam people fight with their brain, endurance, and of course for the love for their motherland.
Some of my pics at Cu Chi tunnel:
An interesting visit to the used-to-be-real battlefield site. Bomb crater.
A tour guide explain to us the many types of traps.
A model of American tank destroyed by land mines.
You wonder how small is the tunnel? Well, it is SMALL. Small enough only to fit a small person like our tour guide.
Because my slightly taller friend can't fit the hole or rather, this is the entrance to the tunnel.
The entrance to the tunnel is small, and the tunnel itself is smaller? Really can't imagine how the villagers live here, and they need to crawl inside the tunnel.
Later, we were back to HCM city. A visit to War Remnants Museum.
So many models of tanks and air force. (just put several here)
They also have many collection of photos in their gallery.
WARNING: Might not suitable for pregnant mother. Or maybe not?
The newborn babies with birth defects. Its the aftermath of the biological weapon, agent orange.
Gotta say that i'm quite scared to see the lower right baby pic.
But this is not the worst as you think. There are many others of baby pictures with birth defects.
How cruel can a human become? I'm glad that i'm born here and not during the war time.
A bit info about agent orange, if you think you're lazy to google about it. From wiki:
Agent Orange is the code name for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the US military as part of itsherbicidal warfare program. Vietnam estimates 400,000 people being killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects.
During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed 12,000,000 US gallons (50,000,000 L) of chemical herbicides and defoliants in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of the aerial defoliation program known as Operati The goal was to defoliate rural/forested land, depriving guerrillas of food and cover and clearing in sensitive areas such as around base perimeters. The program was also a part of a general policy of forced draft urbanization , which aimed to destroy the ability of peasants to support themselves in the countryside, forcing them to flee to the U.S. dominated cities, depriving the guerrillas of their rural support base.
500,000 children born with birth defects!! And the pic above only represents 4 of them. It is a sad thing.
We finished the tour by 4pm, that leave us only little time to go to another place. So, we went to Ben Thanh market for shopping, but only for a while because they close by 6pm. zannen. ><"
19th July (Day 7) - Ho Chi Minh --> Kuala Lumpur
The last day in Vietnam. Since our flight to KL is at 4pm, we still have some time to walk around the city in the morning. After breakfast, we took a cab to go to several place.
Buu Dien.
Don't know what does it mean, but this is a Post Office. That's probably what's Buu Dien means? :/
Inside the post office. You might think that, why the hell we enter a post office? Not like we want to post a letter or parcel there.
BUT this is a place for tourist (like us) to take some pictures, its pretty, and if there's no counter like a regular post office service would have, we might think that this is another historical building for tourists.
At least, the inside of the post office is quite grand. ^^
Across the post office, there's Notre Dame Cathedral. It was built in 1880, but still nice. Probably it went through some renovation? Because it looks like it has been taken care so well.
Lastly, the visit to Independence Palace.
Its a regret that we don't have enough time to enter the palace (we need to pay for entrance fee) because its already noon, and our flight in at 4pm, we need to pack our things....yadayada.....TT____TT
So, a pic outside the gate.
This is late but i took a pic from my friend's fb. A Ho Chi Minh statue in Can Tho. (Yeah, so out of place but i still want to put it here.)
Saa...that concludes my stay in Vietnam for 7 days. Its been enjoyable, and if i have chance, i definitely want to go there again. Because 2 days in HCM city is not enough to explore the city and shopping.
Its finished. YAY!!
*weird victory dance*
I love this gif, so i'll use it again and again. Cute Jun.
Happy Junjun month!!!
And when i thought Niji no kakera is my most favourite song in the album, i think Morning light win against Niji no kakera in terms of number of counts played in my winamp. I've been addicted to it, and keep playing this song.
Salam Ramadhan to Muslim friends. Only now have chance to post something, after LJ was down, can't properly write anything here.
Should continue with the Vietnam trip.
18th July (Day 6) - Ho Chi Minh
By 8am, we already departed by bus to the Cu Chi region for the Cu Chi Tunnel visit. It was troublesome to explain about it here, so i got this from the official Cu Chi Tunnel website.
"Cu Chi Tunnel is 70 km from Ho Chi Minh City in the Northwest. It is miniature battle versatile of Cu Chi’s military and people during the 30-year struggle longtime and fierce to fight invading enemy to receive independence, freedom for motherland. It also is the special architecture lying deeply underground with many stratums, nooks and crannies as complex as a cobweb, having spares for living, meeting and fighting with total lengths over 200 km. Real legends coming from the Tunnel are over human imaginativeness. Creeping down into the tunnel, only some yards, you can find out why Vietnam? A tiny country could defeat its enemy, the large and richest country in the world. Why Cu Chi, a barren and poor land could face strongly for 21 years to the army crowded many times compared with its force, warlike and equipped modern war weapons and means. In the fight, Cu Chi people won illustriously. Thanks to systems of tunnel ways, fortifications, combat trenches, soldiers and people of Cu Chi fought very bravely creating glorious feat of arms. The American invaders at first time stepped into Cu Chi land, they had to face so fierce resistances from tunnels from important and very difficult bases that they cried out, “Underground villages”, “Dangerous secret zone”, “cannot see any VC but they appear everywhere”… With its war pasture, Cu Chi Tunnels become a historical war hero of Vietnamese People like a 20th century legend and famous land in the world."
To summarize it in my own words, Cu Chi Tunnel is an underground villages during the time of war and battle with American army, with total length over 200km, complete with houses, kitchen and dining room, meeting room, weaponary, hospital, and anything that a normal village would have, the fact that most of them are underground!! Impressive. American fight the war with their advance weapon but the old Vietnam people fight with their brain, endurance, and of course for the love for their motherland.
Some of my pics at Cu Chi tunnel:
An interesting visit to the used-to-be-real battlefield site. Bomb crater.
A tour guide explain to us the many types of traps.
A model of American tank destroyed by land mines.
You wonder how small is the tunnel? Well, it is SMALL. Small enough only to fit a small person like our tour guide.
Because my slightly taller friend can't fit the hole or rather, this is the entrance to the tunnel.
The entrance to the tunnel is small, and the tunnel itself is smaller? Really can't imagine how the villagers live here, and they need to crawl inside the tunnel.
Later, we were back to HCM city. A visit to War Remnants Museum.
So many models of tanks and air force. (just put several here)
They also have many collection of photos in their gallery.
WARNING: Might not suitable for pregnant mother. Or maybe not?
The newborn babies with birth defects. Its the aftermath of the biological weapon, agent orange.
Gotta say that i'm quite scared to see the lower right baby pic.
But this is not the worst as you think. There are many others of baby pictures with birth defects.
How cruel can a human become? I'm glad that i'm born here and not during the war time.
A bit info about agent orange, if you think you're lazy to google about it. From wiki:
Agent Orange is the code name for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the US military as part of itsherbicidal warfare program. Vietnam estimates 400,000 people being killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects.
During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed 12,000,000 US gallons (50,000,000 L) of chemical herbicides and defoliants in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of the aerial defoliation program known as Operati The goal was to defoliate rural/forested land, depriving guerrillas of food and cover and clearing in sensitive areas such as around base perimeters. The program was also a part of a general policy of forced draft urbanization , which aimed to destroy the ability of peasants to support themselves in the countryside, forcing them to flee to the U.S. dominated cities, depriving the guerrillas of their rural support base.
500,000 children born with birth defects!! And the pic above only represents 4 of them. It is a sad thing.
We finished the tour by 4pm, that leave us only little time to go to another place. So, we went to Ben Thanh market for shopping, but only for a while because they close by 6pm. zannen. ><"
19th July (Day 7) - Ho Chi Minh --> Kuala Lumpur
The last day in Vietnam. Since our flight to KL is at 4pm, we still have some time to walk around the city in the morning. After breakfast, we took a cab to go to several place.
Buu Dien.
Don't know what does it mean, but this is a Post Office. That's probably what's Buu Dien means? :/
Inside the post office. You might think that, why the hell we enter a post office? Not like we want to post a letter or parcel there.
BUT this is a place for tourist (like us) to take some pictures, its pretty, and if there's no counter like a regular post office service would have, we might think that this is another historical building for tourists.
At least, the inside of the post office is quite grand. ^^
Across the post office, there's Notre Dame Cathedral. It was built in 1880, but still nice. Probably it went through some renovation? Because it looks like it has been taken care so well.
Lastly, the visit to Independence Palace.
Its a regret that we don't have enough time to enter the palace (we need to pay for entrance fee) because its already noon, and our flight in at 4pm, we need to pack our things....yadayada.....TT____TT
So, a pic outside the gate.
This is late but i took a pic from my friend's fb. A Ho Chi Minh statue in Can Tho. (Yeah, so out of place but i still want to put it here.)
Saa...that concludes my stay in Vietnam for 7 days. Its been enjoyable, and if i have chance, i definitely want to go there again. Because 2 days in HCM city is not enough to explore the city and shopping.
Its finished. YAY!!
*weird victory dance*
I love this gif, so i'll use it again and again. Cute Jun.
Happy Junjun month!!!
And when i thought Niji no kakera is my most favourite song in the album, i think Morning light win against Niji no kakera in terms of number of counts played in my winamp. I've been addicted to it, and keep playing this song.