Cao Dai Temple & The Cu Chi Tunnels

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I took a tour out of Saigon to the main Cao Dai temple in Tay Ninh and to the Cu Chi Tunnels. OK, Cao Dai is an amalgam of Buddhist, Hindu and Catholic religions. They have three saints: Ton Dat Tien (Chinese revolutionary), Nyguyen Binh Khiem (Vietnamese poet) and Victor Hugo. Very strange. The temple was gorgeous and the service was interesting. The ritual, clothing, music and oddity of the whole thing was worthwhile.

The Cu Chi tunnels were an amazing network of passages and shelters used by the Viet Cong outside of Saigon. They could protect themselves from the intense American bombing and organize counter attacks without being seen. The tunnels were incredibly narrow andair was very limited. The conditions they were able to live in and how effective this primitive method was at combating the largest military on earth is unfathomable .

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