Met by guide and driver at 8.00 am to travel northeast ò Saigon in mini bus, first to Cu Chi Tunnels and later to Nui Ba Den ( Black Lady Mountain ). The Vietcong built 250 kms ò tunnels during the war to infiltrate the south, carry our subversive action against the USA troops and plan the Tet offensive in 1968. The original tunnels were too narrow for fat westerners so just over 100 metres have been widened for tourists, The experience is still a claustrophobic for many and it's truly amazing how the VC survived for months dơưn there for months at a time. Crawling on all fours a great test for the titanium knee!
Another comfirmation ò the brutality of the war,if such were needed came in the array of booby traps which were set up to greet any unsuspecting enemy soldiers.
The afternoon offered a far less confronting experience in the form of a visit to Nui Ba Den.
More later as the keyboard in this hotel, which keeps trying to write in Vietnamese letters í driving me nuts.
The Obese Ferret,
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