Today we went to the war museum that show cased the photography taken by photographers who went to Vietnam during the war. The images were very striking and often came with a little caption. The photographs illustrated what Vietnam went through when the Americans were present; the images conjured up a lot of emotions. What Vietnam went through was devasting and they continue to face the affects war left behind. After the war museum, we headed off to the airport ...

Today we left the group home stay and headed towards Cu Chi to take a tour of the tunnels that were used during the Vietnam war. We were provided information on how they made the tunnels and the different purposes of each. Was explained how the Vietnamese used bamboo sticks to provide the tunnels with air and to hide the airway they built termite hills around the opening of the hole. Apparently, this was eventually discovered by American dogs; as they were traine...

Today was a lot of fun, we went to the junk boats and saw the floating markets. We ended up stopping at a shop where they make candy and treats. We ended up watching a guy make coconut candy by stirring it on a hot stove and then watched how people strung the candy out and cut it. We got a chance to sample some and it was very tasty but quite sweet. We then walked further into the building and watched how they made puffed rice, rice wine, and snake whiskey. A ver...

First offical full day in Ho Chi Minh City. It is still surreal that I am in Vietnam. Didn't get up to too much today, as I tried to nap for a majority of the day. Met up with the rest of the Contiki group at 6 and a lot of people are from Canada (mostly from Toronto), then Australia, and then London. The people seem really nice and so does the tour guide. We went out for dinner around 8 pm and I ended up ordering a chicken salad that came with chicken (that tast...

I finally made it to Vietnam, after the gruelling 24 hours in total flight time going from Edmonton to San Franciso to Tokyo to Ho Chi Minh City. The last plane ride, which was 6 hours long felt like forever. However, I am done with flying long distances for a while now, which I am happy about. The customs in Vietnam is strange, as they just check your passport and unless you have something to claim you just send your baggage through the scanner and are on your ...