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Date: 26 October 2019
After starting my tour at a handicrafts workshop and then the Cao Dai temple, post lunch we were driven to our final stop on the tour — the famed Cu Chi Tunnels.
It’s a large area and some tours include a stop at Ben Duoc Memorial Temple, the large swimming pool, and there’s even a paintball shooting arena.
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Date: 26 October 2019
Yesterday’s day tour of the Mekong Delta was showcased across three posts: Vinh Trang Pagoda, Bến Tre canal boat ride, and coconut sweet making factory in Bến Tre. Today I embark on another full day tour and this is the first post in that series.
I am doing a full day tour (cost me VND330000 /₹1000/$14/€11.85) that would take me to the infamous Cu Chi jungle tunnels but before that, the first stop would stop at a handicapped handicrafts workshop before heading to the largest Cao Dai temple in Vietnam.
We took a long drive out of the city and arrived at a handicrafts workshop wherein most of workers are handicapped. We were going get a guided tour of how they create the various works of art.
The base of the painting is wood. The artisans then etch the designs and then inlay it with mother of pearl pieces or egg shells.
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As I write this past Christmas day in what was otherwise a terrible year, the king of digital currencies — Bitcoin (BTC) — is past the US $25,000 mark. On many Indian cryptocurrency exchanges, one Bitcoin by the end of 2020 is now worth well over Rs. 20,00,000!
I’ve been tracking cryptocurrency markets since late 2017. That was when Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies gained mainstream attention globally. Even in India, mainstream news media outlets were covering Bitcoin price rises and in December 2017, saw a deluge of retail buyers (regular folks like you and me) rushing to sign up on Indian cryptocurrency exchanges to try and get a piece of the action.
Well, three years later, the cryptocurrency markets are hot again and once again led by Bitcoin. Back in 2017 and early 2018, people would message me and ask me where to buy, what to buy, at what prices to buy, etc. Well, I am not going to tell you what to buy nor make price predictions because from experience I can tell you — NOBODY can predict cryptocurrency markets. I’ll explain this in more detail later below.
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