Saturday, November 11. Took a long drive to reach the Cu Chi Tunnels, where the Viet Cong hid out. Hot, humid, buggy. Really, a very well laid out museum of how the Viet Cong deceived and hounded The Americans. Note: At no time has anyone mentioned that South Vietnam also fielded an army against Ho Chi Minh. History is written by the victors. I descended into the sample tunnel. If I was 5’3” and had spent my life bending over, picking rice, it would have been a breeze. The tunnel was actually less than 5’3”. Probably 4’9”? Hard clay made it easy to maintain, but a struggle to build (only at night). The sample was about 90 feet long (not in a straight line), and about 80 feet too long. I skipped the next two samples, as did most of the others. Lectures included many of the ways the Viet Cong booby-trapped both the tunnels and the surrounding surface area. Admittedly, the traps also killed a few unsuspecting farmers. Photos included entertainers performing in the larger rooms.

Had lunch at a place near the tunnel that opened a few years ago specifically for OAT. An OAT employee had dinner at a friend’s mother’s house and her cooking was so good OAT convinced her to open a restaurant. The food was excellent.

We had the traditional Farewell dinner. Thankfully, Are did the normal recap of what we’d done while on the bus.

The Adventure ends today, But my flight doesn’t depart until 11:45 PM tomorrow. I get to visit the city for one more hot, humid day.