Cu Chi tunnels

Today we did a half day trip of the Cu Chi Tunnels which are basically just a network of tunnels that the Vietcong used to hide etc. Our tour guide was a self proclaimed Vietnamese cowboy and told us many stories about him and bombs. In one he set off a bomb and blamed it on another person and everyone went to their house and burned it. He found that hilarious - "he no more! hahahaha". He also kidnapped a 'ghost' and beat her with fruit.... Creepy tour guide.

Before getting there we went to a place that sold artwork by people that have been affected by agent orange. We saw them making it out of eggshells. Quite impressive but a little bit uncomfortable. We spent most of the time running away from the staff that worked there.

In the tour we saw the entrance for the tunnels, weapons and watched a documentary. We saw loads of traps that the Vietcong used against the Americans and a blue headed lizard. Then we had to go into a tunnel and crawl through it which I didn't want to do but was nicely encouraged by Henry who then backed out after walking a little way in the tunnel. It went pitch black and I couldn't see anything - absolutely terrifying and boiling I do not understand how they managed to crawl through it the whole time during the war. It was an interesting trip but was ridiculously boiling so getting back on to the air conditioned bus was lovely.

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