Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Hoochie Cu-Chi tunnels







The Cu-Chi tunnels were used firstly by the Vietminh and then later by the Vietcong (VC) as a means of sneaking up on the American GI's and generally getting around... they were too small for Americans to fit into and were usually multi-layered with around three different levels of tunnels. I went through one and it felt pretty claustrophobic. The traps set were super gruesome too, with the whole village (men, women and children) making weapons and traps to eject the foreign body from their land! We all know the story so I won't go into it, but was really interesting to see the tunnels and museum in person, especially since I studied it in history. Although, the museum is mega one-sided but that's to be expected here in Nam.

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