In Vietnam its pretty necessary to get down with the war history and go and visit the Cu Chi Tunnels near Ho Chi Minh City. They're quite drive away down the Saigon river but they are one of the only reasons that people swarm to Ho Chi Minh and it can be done in half a day.
They're the tunnels that were used by the Vietnamese to hide from the American attacks throughout the war. Its an amazingly intricate network of tunnels that you would defo get lost down! There are tunnels at three different distances from the surface and they take you everywhere! Some parts are still open to the public so you can go for a bit of an explore and despite the fact that they are now lit in most places they are pretty claustrophobic even for the not claustrophobic types.
Watching a couple of 6ft western lads getting down them is quite amusing though so I would recommend taking a peek down them just for the giggles. They weren't really built for anyone much above 3ft, and certainly not of the much larger western frame. No wonder the American had such a problem hunting them out - there's no chance that they would even get down them if they could find them, so instead they resorted to chucking grenades down there... charming.
You can also see some of the traps that they used to trap the American soldiers that were on the ground. To be fair with these kind of things lying around every corner its not surprising that the Americans couldn't beat the Guerrilla tactics.
Imagine treading on a pile of leaves to find that beast underneath it. Things probably wouldn't look to great.
We were also allowed to fire guns mwah ha haha! They have loads of left over bullets that they basically sell to tourists to blow targets up so that they make a hefty profit. It was pretty fun though. Han and I had a go on the Carbine which makes us sound all cool and warlike. We well wanted a go on the machine gun but our funds didn't stretch that far. We honed our skills anyway because we got to have another go in Cambodia when we NEARLY hit bulls eye! and surprisingly nearly every shot hit the paper. Proud.
Aside from the tunnels we had a quick look round ANOTHER market, got drowned by more Vietnam rain and had a couple of drinks whilst being leched on by MORE Vietnamese footballers playing for the same team as the last bunch. I reckon their following us.
They're the tunnels that were used by the Vietnamese to hide from the American attacks throughout the war. Its an amazingly intricate network of tunnels that you would defo get lost down! There are tunnels at three different distances from the surface and they take you everywhere! Some parts are still open to the public so you can go for a bit of an explore and despite the fact that they are now lit in most places they are pretty claustrophobic even for the not claustrophobic types.
Watching a couple of 6ft western lads getting down them is quite amusing though so I would recommend taking a peek down them just for the giggles. They weren't really built for anyone much above 3ft, and certainly not of the much larger western frame. No wonder the American had such a problem hunting them out - there's no chance that they would even get down them if they could find them, so instead they resorted to chucking grenades down there... charming.
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| The entrance |
You can also see some of the traps that they used to trap the American soldiers that were on the ground. To be fair with these kind of things lying around every corner its not surprising that the Americans couldn't beat the Guerrilla tactics.
Imagine treading on a pile of leaves to find that beast underneath it. Things probably wouldn't look to great.
We were also allowed to fire guns mwah ha haha! They have loads of left over bullets that they basically sell to tourists to blow targets up so that they make a hefty profit. It was pretty fun though. Han and I had a go on the Carbine which makes us sound all cool and warlike. We well wanted a go on the machine gun but our funds didn't stretch that far. We honed our skills anyway because we got to have another go in Cambodia when we NEARLY hit bulls eye! and surprisingly nearly every shot hit the paper. Proud.
Aside from the tunnels we had a quick look round ANOTHER market, got drowned by more Vietnam rain and had a couple of drinks whilst being leched on by MORE Vietnamese footballers playing for the same team as the last bunch. I reckon their following us.
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