These tunnels are further from Ho Chi Minh City and often best attacked by taxi. Thankfully, there are frequent escape routes along the tunnel if it becomes overwhelming.
Planning to travel here? Go tailor-made! The Cu Chi tunnels Tailor-made Travel. Book your individual trip , stress-free with local travel experts. Consider changing the search query. List is empty. On-site shooting ranges are open to the public. The history of Cu Chi Tunnels Origins of the tunnels When the first spades sank into the earth around Cu Chi, the region was covered by a rubber plantation tied to a French tyre company.
American retaliation American attempts to flush out the Vietnamese tunnels proved ineffective. Tours Travelling by bus By far the easiest way of reaching the Cu Chi tunnel complex and the Cao Dai temple is to take a guided bus tour with one of the innumerable travel agencies operating around the Pham Ngu Lao area.
Travelling by boat An interesting option is to take a boat tour to the tunnels with Les Rives from Bach Dang pier. Life in the Cu Chi Tunnels Living conditions below ground were appalling for these "human moles". Multi-level tunnel complexes Within the multi-level tunnel complexes, there were latrines, wells, meeting rooms and dorms.
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After traveling to countries, on all 7 continents over the past 13 years they have become one of the foremost experts in travel. Being recognized as top travel bloggers and influencers by the likes of Forbes Magazine , the Society of American Travel Writers and USA Today has allowed them to become leaders in their field. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. War Remnants Museum and Cu Chi tunnels are places that everyone who wants to know what the war from the Vietnamese viewpoint should visit.
A visit there is a shocking experience, but I think everyone should see it. It is something pretty much interesting and historical. Tracking by using jungle plants and avoiding foot rot with tire sandals — absolutely brilliant.
I think we sometimes underestimate the knowledge that locals have of how to survive — and survive well — even in peaceful times. It kinda looks like a laser gun from a science fiction movie come to think of it…. How did you obtain the Visa, as Canadians? Did you have to arrange it ahead of time, or could you get it at the boarder crossing? We got our Visa in Cambodia a couple of days before entering Vietnam.
It was pretty straightforward. I am not sure if you can get it at the border, but you are probably safer to apply ahead of time. In Cambodia it only took a couple of days to be processed. Yeah, it was pretty cool. She is quite amazing. We spoke briefly afterwards and I asked her if she had gone back to Vietnam. She did in , but because of her injuries, she does not do well in the heat.
Her sweat glands were burned away. But she is certainly resilient. I have picture still with me today. Nui Ba Dan I hope I spell that right. There is a rock in front of my company that was color yellow with 2 34 on it. I wonder if you saw it.
I also took picture of all the barrack …. Hi Thomas, thank you for coming by ThePlanetD. That is quite amazing that you wee there in That was a very different time indeed.
It must be strange to revisit Vietnam through articles and blog posts today. Have you been back or do you ever plan on going back? We came across many Vetrans who were traveling the country during our time there. To deny the VC cover and supplies, rice paddies were defoliated, huge swathes of jungle bulldozed, and villages evacuated and razed. The Americans also sprayed chemical defoliants on the area aerially and a few months later ignited the tinder-dry vegetation with gasoline and napalm.
But the intense heat interacted with the wet tropical air in such a way as to create cloudbursts that extinguished the fires. The VC remained safe and sound in their tunnels. Unable to win this battle with chemicals, the US army began sending men down into the tunnels. When the Americans began using German shepherd dogs, trained to use their keen sense of smell to locate trapdoors and guerrillas, the VC began washing with American soap, which gave off a scent the canines identified as friendly.
Captured US uniforms were put out to confuse the dogs further. Most importantly, the dogs were not able to spot booby traps.
So many dogs were killed or maimed that their horrified handlers then refused to send them into the tunnels. The VC guerrillas serving in the tunnels lived in extremely difficult conditions and suffered horrific casualties.
Only about of the 16, cadres who fought in the tunnels survived the war. Thousands of civilians in the area were killed. Their tenacity was extraordinary considering the bombings, the pressures of living underground for weeks or months at a time and the deaths of countless friends and comrades. USA had also declared Cu Chi a free-strike zone: little authorisation was needed to shoot at anything in the area, random artillery was fired into the area at night, and pilots were told to drop unused bombs and napalm there before returning to base.
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