Feb 22 Cao Dai temple and Cu Chi tunnels

We bussed it to the Cao Dai temple in the morning. The Cao Dai religion is a mixture of 4 main religions and it seems designed for prime time television. It is colourful, ornate and it’s 3 saints are Sun Yat Sen, Victor Hugo, and Vietnamese poet Nguyen Binh Khiem. The main symbol is an eye. We were there for the main service at 12:00. Like the religion the service is colourful with the members dressed in white robes and the management in blue, red, and yellow. During the ceremony they have Indian music playing and a large Buddhist gong. The temple is large, colourful and tacky. This is one place where I could have spent a lot more time.
In the afternoon we visited the Cu Chi tunnels. The guerrillas of the Cu Chi region built them during the Vietnam war. The visit was interesting but not fun. The museum is a large forest tract with the tunnels and other exhibits set up. You must watch a 20 min propaganda film first. They show you some real tunnels and then they let you crawl through a 100 meter tunnel that is double the size of the original. It was nice to get out of there.