Inside the tunnel; the tunnel has been made taller and wider to allow larger-bodied visitors to enter.
One of the concealed entries to the tunnel.
One of the traps in the ground; they used bamboo spikes, with poisonous ends. 
The holes at the bottom of the anthill were used as ventilation holes.
Another vicious looking trap.
An American tank which was destroyed using home-made explosives, ironically salvaged from unexploded American bombs.
As part of the day tour, we also visited the Cao Dai temple in the Tay Ninh province. Cao Dai is one of the many religions that Vietnamese follow. Cao Dai is said to be a mixture of Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Taoism, Vietnamese Spiritualism and Islam, though I failed to see where the Islamic influence is. It is estimated that there are two millions followers. Cao Dai followers do their worships four times a day, at 6am, at noon, at 6pm and midnight. We were able to witness their noon worship, though honestly I did not feel comfortable to be there at that time.
The front view of the Cao Dai temple.
The interior of the Cao Dai temple, with decorated pillars and ceiling.
The view from the viewing gallery of the temple.
The interior of the temple.
The followers of Cao Dai doing their noon worship.
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2 comments:
wah.. this temple is pretty interesting.. i can see its Mixture of all kind of religion.. from outside, it looks like a christian church, the pillar look like taoism, the white worshipper dressed like Muslims...
Okie.. will go to ho chih min next year
From what I read many years back, the Islamic influence you failed to see lie in its theology.
Cai Daoists, from what I read, worship no idols and therefore there are no idols in their temples ( like in ordinary Buddhist ones )
Supposedly, the man who founded this movement had grown up in a Muslim village, or something like that.
Cheers !
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