Tay Ninh Province

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Hi All,

I had an eventful day yesterday, grouped up with 3 other people to rent a car (+ driver) to visit some sights in Tay Ninh Province. Tay Ningh is about 100km NW of HCMC and it is appearently the hottest province in the country.

We started the day by visiting CuChui tunnels which have been in existance for about 50 years, first being used to thwart French re-colonization attemps after the war and later on as resistance to US-backed Saigon troops. The tunnels were ingenious in resisting various attacks by US which has much greater firepower as well as technology.

Moving on, we went to the Co Dai Holy See which is the Vatican of CoDaism. CoDaism is a fusion of religious philosphies of the East and the West including Buddisim, Confucianism, Taoism, Christainity and Islam. I am sure I won't be able to give a proper explaination of it so I won't even attempt to do so. There should be info floating around on the net and you can always "google" it.

Finally, we rounded out the day by spending some time at the park at Nui Ba Den (Black Lady Mountain) which is a very pleasent park at the foot of the mountain which is about 850m above ground level. We also managed to take the chair-lift up the mountain where the temperature was much more bearable. There were come cave temples as well as an ornate Chinese-looking temple.

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