Religions, Tunnels and an AK-47

I did another tour today.  This time outside of the city to another town called Tay Ninh to see a Cao Dai temple and the tunnels of Cu Chi used during the American War.


I spent most of my time with an elderly French lady who was teaching French and living in HCMC. We sat next to each other on the bus and had some interesting conversations.


The religion of Cao Dai is very interesting.  The founder kinda took the good parts of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and any other -ism plus Christianity and made Cao Dai.  Interestingly Victor Hugo the French writer is one of their saint figures.


Visiting the Cu Chi tunnels was interesting yet very touristed.  It gave one the sense of what it was like during the war but from a very sterile perspective.  I did shoot two rounds of an AK-47 at $1.70 a pop.