FINALLY! I was able to go see the famous Cu Chi Tunnels. Basically the major advantage the Vietnamese had over opposing forces. Anh Chin, Anh Tam and myself took a 1.5hr moped ride to this site just outside of the city. It was a very beautiful ride becuase there was tons of rice patties, fields full of cows and horses and just great scenery. Unfortunatly the roads were VERY bumpy which made my ass pretty sore by the time we got there.
*WARNING: RANT*
When you first get there they as you to watch a movie that depicts the history of Cu Chi, the people and why it has become famous. It was a very....well....interesting movie to say the least. "Cu Chi was a beautiful country side were city people would go to, to escape the city life for a day. It was filled with rivers, streams, picnic areas and beautiful trees. UNTIL the horrible American Man decided to take those simple pleasures away all for a horrile cause of changing our great government." As I sat there ALL the tour guides were just staring at me waiting to see what I would do. It was basically a 30min movie on how America and the american "man" are horrible killers. I dont think I've ever really been that uncomfortable in my life!
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After that we go to go through alot of tunnels, which I didnt really fit in. Half the time I was in a prone position crawling through the tunnels hitting my head, back and arms along the walls. It was actually REALLY funny. The guide showed us the secret entrances that as you walked up couldnt even notice it was there. And then when you thought it was a secret entrance, it was a bouby trap. It was pretty cool.
After the tour and walking around, we made our way to the rifle range, otherwise known as the "National Defenses Sport Fire Range for Distinguished Forgeiners". Got to shoot a couple of guns and damn was it loud! Got a couple of good pictures of it for you all to see. But I dont think I will show my target paper cuz it was pretty bad.
Side note, I got 2 suits for $100 each made with wool/cashmire blend fitted exactly for me the way I want it...pretty cool.
2 comments:
It was nice talking with you on the phone tonight. Reading about your trip to the tunnels made us think how uncomfortable you must have felt. Were the people doing the tour soldiers? how about the other visitors - were they Vietnamese or tourists from other countries? Looking forward to hearing from you again.
the tour guides where just that, tour guides. interstingly enough we were the only people there at the time. later on in the day I ran into some caucasions, but most of them being either from Australlia or eastern europe.
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