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American War Tourism 1: Cu Chi + War Remnants Museum

December 24th 2006
On our first full day we went to my choice: the Cu Chi tunnels, a cleaned up version of an amazing complex of tunnels from which the Vietnamese conducted guerrilla warfare against the US. The tunnel network ran for 100s of kilometres, allowing the Viet Cong to conduct the war while the Americans defoliated and bombed the surface above them. ... 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

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David Leaper

David Sohyun

Hi there! I'm a kind of permanent traveller, having been living away from my home country since 1995. Now I live in Japan with my life partner, Sohyun, and teach English at a university. Its a great base for visiting places in Asia, as well as the touring around Japan. I'm a keen observer of life, love to take photos of offbeat/unusual things and enjoy trying the local delicacies no matter how gross others may think they are (especially Sohyun).... full info

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