Cu Chi Tunnels, Saigon
The Cu Chi Tunnels are a spider-like network of underground tunnels, during the Vietnam War there was 200km's worth of these tunnels and the Vietcom built them and used them to surprise the Americans. They would hide out in the narrow laberynth of tunnels and snipers would shot at the Americans at night and then retreat to the tunnels via disguised trap doors.
We went to the Cu Chi tunnels and found it amazing! Obviously most of it no longer exist as the area was bombed and Napalmed hundreds of times, but you can still see some sections of the 1st level (the 3rd level was as deep as 50 meters underground!). The trapdoors are 25cm's wide (we couldn't believe we managed to Hudini our way in!!). Chris was first down, so check out his face when he asked if the exit was any bigger!
Some people gave it a miss but we then went along a 30 meter tunnel to arrive at what was the eating quarters, it was really hot, it was tiny (you had to crawl) AND there were bats!!! One of which kept sweeping at me in particular - the worst thing is that I had a torch and could see it's evil face flying towards my terrified face!! But anyway this is me looking fairly happy before the tunnel became smaller and smaller, darker, stuffier and the bats appeared!
Needless to say that many of us got out at the mid-way point but Chris persevered down the extra 90 meter tunnel which was certainly not for the faint hearted! The tunnel got to the point where he was lying on the floor and just about managing to drag himself along. He got out very dusty, sweating and looking a little shocked, this time there were more than just the bats!
Cu Chi tunnels was a really interesting site to see, if you're around here you HAVE to go experience it by yourself, but girls don't wear your hair down with those bats!!!
Here is Chris before it got hard core!
We went to the Cu Chi tunnels and found it amazing! Obviously most of it no longer exist as the area was bombed and Napalmed hundreds of times, but you can still see some sections of the 1st level (the 3rd level was as deep as 50 meters underground!). The trapdoors are 25cm's wide (we couldn't believe we managed to Hudini our way in!!). Chris was first down, so check out his face when he asked if the exit was any bigger!
Some people gave it a miss but we then went along a 30 meter tunnel to arrive at what was the eating quarters, it was really hot, it was tiny (you had to crawl) AND there were bats!!! One of which kept sweeping at me in particular - the worst thing is that I had a torch and could see it's evil face flying towards my terrified face!! But anyway this is me looking fairly happy before the tunnel became smaller and smaller, darker, stuffier and the bats appeared!
Needless to say that many of us got out at the mid-way point but Chris persevered down the extra 90 meter tunnel which was certainly not for the faint hearted! The tunnel got to the point where he was lying on the floor and just about managing to drag himself along. He got out very dusty, sweating and looking a little shocked, this time there were more than just the bats!
Cu Chi tunnels was a really interesting site to see, if you're around here you HAVE to go experience it by yourself, but girls don't wear your hair down with those bats!!!
Here is Chris before it got hard core!
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