A couple of things from my journal...

  During our visit to Danang/Hoi an our tour guide Vu, was very abrupt "Get on the bus!!" He spoke of the 'long faced people' referring to the people of the North. "they are not happy, government always tell them how to feel, how to be, how to act" My favorite thing that he said was "First we drop off the 14 people, then we go to the NICE hotel!" Referring to the five star hotel that Glen, myself and the other 2 couples were staying at. This prompted a lot of laughter from the group until the others actually thought about what was said.

  When Glen and I were strolling around the old town during our free day I made sure that we had lots of water. I had brought an electrolyte additive (blue or red in color) as sometimes I struggle with dehydration. We received a lot of strange looks during our walk...one of the shopkeepers said to us, "Blue water?!" "Rich people water!" I never think of us as rich but from his point of view we are...he makes less than $110.00 U.S a month. He works 12 hour days, 6 days a week.
 We are very lucky to live in Canada

Next location Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City (depending on who you talk to)

  After landing in our final Vietnamese city we were driven to the Cu Chi district North West of Saigon. To experience the tunnel system that were created by the Viet Cong (VC) in the early 1940's during the War of Independence from the French. They are part of the mass network of tunnels that run under Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City to the Cambodian border over 250 kilometers.
These tunnels were used as living quarters, food & weapons cache, protection from aerial attacks, hospitals and supply routes. Over 43 thousand people lost their lives in the defense of these tunnels during the 'American War'. For a more indepth experience check out www.history.com search for Cu Chi tunnels 'deconstructing history'