Ben Tanh Market is located between Pham Ngu Lao for budget traveller and Dong Khoi area where 5 stars hotels are established. It is patronised by both locals and tourists.
Ben Tanh market are divided into sections. The rear section is a wet market. Center portion is for cooked food and the front section sells apparals, souvenirs and others. If you want to visit a big local market, it is in Cholon - Chinatown.
Take a bus from the bus terminal in front of Ben Tanh Market to the terminal of Binh Tay Market for 30 Singapore cents flat rate. Here you can bird's nest and other delicacies. Taxi fare is US$ 8.
This is the Cao Dai Great Temple for a local religion that combines elements of Buddism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christainity, Islam and Vietnamese spiritualism. It believes in one God and existence of the soul that can be communicated through mediums.
This is the interior of the Temple where a prayer session is taking place.
This lady is trying to enter one of the Cu Chi Tunnels. This is the actual size. For tourists, a much bigger tunnel is built for a personal experience of crawling through it. It has 3 levels without staircase, you just drop through a hole to the lower level. Must bring along a torchlight or use your mobile in the pitch dark tunnel. It is an experience you cannot forget!
Later you can see the array of traps used to injure enemy soldiers. The are scarily simple.
CAUTION
There are snatch thieves on the street. They are generally on motorcycles. So be careful with your valuables. I had a bad experience of someone trying to snatch my waist bag. Luckily it had a metal buckle that did not break. I was standing close to the edge of the road trying to cross the road.
To cross a street with large number of motorcycles, all you need to do is just cross by walking at a constant pace and the motorcyclists will know how to avoid you.
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