Cu Chi Tunnels

Cu Chi Tunnels

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November 26th 2008
More war tourism today. I'm not sure how to feel about going to these places. I feel slightly uncomfortable being a voyeur of such violent events yet I feel i need to see and pay my respects. I don't think it's a bad thing to remind ourselves how awful war is. The Cu Chi tunnels are 60 k away from Saigon, a region around the village of Cu Chi where the Viet Cong lived and fought from tunnels ... 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