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Sadie and the tunnels 2  
   

Sadie and the tunnels 2

We soon figured out that it was better that Sadie tried the holes where many Vietnamese soldiers hid during the war. It really is not much space there. But even for Sadie is wasn't that easy to get all the way down into the hole
Cu Chi tunnels, all the way to My Tho

December 8th 2012
We woke up at 5:30 am, in a mad rush to get to the tunnels before the tourists. We had decided to visit Ben Dinh and not Ben Duoc tunnels. Ben Dinh, sadly, is not part of the original networks, but made just for tourism and education (of course they pretend it's real when you visit). Ben Duoc is more remote and part of the original system, and includes a memorial temple. We decided to visit Be ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » Cu Chi

Vietnamese Flag 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
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