Hochi Minh City...better known as Saigon

Wow--I can't believe we found the BYU bookstore in Vietnam.

Yes, they really wear these hats every day....not just in the movies. Isn't she beautiful.

Tunnels for hiding and living during the war. As you can see an American couldn't fit too well.

She is a tall lady and I'm not talking about the lady in red.

I don't know that anyone owns a car in this country. There are thousands of scooters as far as you can see.

The last leg of our month long tour ended in Hochi Minh City, Vietnam. We were going 24/7. We visited Hochi Minh City Hall, Notre Dame Church, thong Nhat Conference Hall and the War Museum--that was before lunch time on the first day. We went to the Cuchi Underground Tunnel-a battle field in Vietnam war time close to Saigon. We enjoyed having Brother Orton with us who explained many aspects of the war as he was with government intelligence during the war. On the second day we went to My Tho Town, one of the 11 provinces in the Mekong Delta and then took a boat trip on the Mekong River to a farmer's house and garden, bee raising farm, coconut candy enterprise and had lunch on the river. We had free time and there was a fabulous market where we bought Polo shirts for $3 and True Religion jeans for $10. We found a great hamburger restaurant, The Black Cat, and ate there two days in a row. We also walked through The Rex Hotel one night (where dignitaries stay) and enjoyed an evening on the patio listening to music.