Well we are leaving Saigon tonight (19/10/05), we booked a train trip on a soft sleeper to Hoi An, we leave at 10.30pm. I have come to the conclusion that Saigon rocks, the streets are choas and annachy but they really do seem to have order, the people are freindly and the food and beer is cheap. We visited the cu chi tunnels today, these tunnels streached for 100's of kms over the west of Saigon, nearly to the Cambodian border during the "American War", and they actually were started during the French war. As you all know, I quite a small fella, and fitted into the tunnels quite eaisly, but one poor old New Zealander got stuck in the trapdoor and it took 5 people to rip him out :, I'll show u all the
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