From our base of Ho Chi Minh City, Dave, my sister Jess, and I booked a full day tour visiting the famous Cu Chi Tunnels and Cao Dai Temple.
We got picked up at 8am from our hotel, we transferred to Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, home to the unique Cao Dai sect, whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name a few. The sect is famous for its Great Temple or Holy See, which is the centre of the intriguing small square. The religion itself is a Vietnamese religious movement that incorporates an odd mix of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity.
The Cao Dai Temple (as it is more commonly known) was begun in 1933 in a unique architectural style that reflects its blended traditions.