Hanging out with the Viet Cong

Tunnel trip

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February 23rd 2007
The day before we flew to Phu Quoc we had fun taking a trip to see the Cu Chi tunnels, our tour guide was the same guy we had on our Mekong river tour to Cambodia. These tunnels near Saigon where started during the resistance to the French and expanded to hundreds of kilometers during the American War. We saw lots of interesting things and got to crawl through some of the 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