Ho Chi Min City (Saigon): Vietnamese Food Series
I expected Saigon to be a small city, dusty and provincial, the impression I got from watching ‘the Amazing Race’. However, when I arrived, it was totally not what I expected. The city was big and drenched in bright lights. According to our guide, decorative lights were put on city streets for the Chinese New Year, but left for other holidays, if not for the rest of the year. We arrived late in the evening, so I settled for a Banh Mi (Vietnamese sandwich) that was delivered to our hotel for dinner. That simple Vietnamese sandwich tasted so good, different from the Vietnamese sandwiches I had in California that it made me say, "I'm in Vietnam, indeed!" The exit from the very narrow tunnel The following morning, I joined the half-day tour of Cu Chi Tunnel, a war memorial park. It was about forty-five minutes drive from the city of Saigon. After watching the documentary about the 120 kilometers of a complex network of tunnels used by the Viet Cong during t...