Shooting hole

Cu Chi Tunnels

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July 27th 2007
The Chu Chi tunnels are supposedly 33km north of Ho Chi Minh City and were a definate on our list of places to visit. After haggling for a reasonable price with a couple of moto drivers, we hopped on the back and set off for the tunnels. Nothing had quite prepared us for the dense traffic of Ho Chi Minh and the journey was pretty terrifying! It turned out that our drivers had misled us in their co ... read more

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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