Sunday I went to the Mekong Delta. Honestly, it was very touristic. It was more like being on a sales tour. Everywhere you had to try something and could of course buy the products. And it was all crowded by masses of tourists of course. However it was interesting to see and you have to spend more time there, than what we spent, since the Mekong Delta is a huge area. Here some impressions:
After the trip on the river we went to see a Buddhist temple:
Today however was much more interesting. First we went to to the Cao Dai Temple. It is the spiritual and administrational center of the Caodaism Religion.
After that, we went to the Wildlife at Risk Rescue Station in Cu Chi. Here they rescue and treat injured animals and try to set them out into the wild again, after they have recovered. Unfortunately some of the animals can never go back to the wild, as they have lost a leg or other body parts, so they stay in the sanctuary.
This NPO is only financed by sponsors and donations. Currently they give shelter to over 150 native vietnamese animals. After that heartwarming experience, we continued to the Cu Chi tunnels, which used to be one of the main military bases during the American War (This is how the Vietnamese call the Vietnam War, seems logic).
Basically people lived completely underground. And why did they choose this location? Because the soil is mainly clay, so the tunnels are stable, and the proximity to Saigon (the US Military Headquarters during the war) and water supply from Saigon River. Of course it is a mixture of a museum and a propaganda event there.
I tried the tunnels myself, and I'm happy to say, I fit :)!
Even though I haven't seen much of HCMC yet, it was good to go out for a change and see a bit more of Vietnam. Looking forward to see more and more and going towards the North of this beautiful country.
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