Cu Chi tunnels

At the Cu Chi Tunnels

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March 29th 2007
This is one of the entrances to the huge network of tunnels the Vietnamese lived in when hiding from the Americans. We crawled through one 30meter long tunnel which had even been widened for fat western tourists & it was still a bit of a squeeze. Just as well Asians are such tiny people! ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more