Sunday 17 Monday July

This morning, after an early breakfast and a 1.5 hour bus trip we arived at the Cu Chi tunnels. These were built by the Viet Cong in the American (Vietnam) war as a means of infilltrating the American lines without them being aware of it. They were of ingenious construction and had many booby traps to catch the unwary who may have stumled across them. They had kitchens, workshops and even hosptials. The tunnels stretched for over 250 Km. Anyway herewe were and the fit and able were given a chance to experience what it was like down there. the tunnels are not very big, and one poor chap with a recent knee replacement got stuck. So that caused a bit of excitement.
Sorry can't send any photos at the moment as internet is just too slow. I shall send some when able to do so.
After Cu Chi we visted a temple of a Vietnamise fatih which combines Catholicism, Budhism, Islam, Taoism and many others, so you have priests dressed as Catholic priests, Budhist monks and the whole shibang so it turns out to be a colouful and interesting service, not that I understood any of it.
This was followed by lunch in a local restaurant and proved to be exceptional. Something like 6-8 courses and we have a big diner to go to this evening so waiste line is suffering.

Monday
Today we transferred to our ship, and a fine vessel it is.

I shall continue when I can get better internat service