Drafted In Nam ( Part V )  

Posted by Shad

Alright, next stop. The Cu Chi tunnels! Now for tourism purposes, they have enlarged the tunnels to twice its original size. Now even the westerners can experience the life beneath the ground. Our guide was hilarious. It was clear that he still has some small..err.. 'misunderstanding' against the Americans. He kept spouting words like 'ruthless American', 'American murderers', and my personal favorite 'the devil Americans' LOL. He said all this with a weird smile. Funny guy la.


Can you spot the entrance to the tunnels???

Look closer now...closer! Squint dammit!

There ya go. Thats one of their secret entrances. Pretty cool eh.

Let me show you how to get in. First get your legs in nice and deep. Ignore the insects on your shoes please. Lift your hands above your head else it'll be harder to get in.


Slowly inch yourself in and cover the top.

Thats me properly hidden, just like the Viet Congs. Hehe, and thats my brother's stupid foot.

It was dark down there, with barely enough space to move. You have to crawl on your knees to get around down there.

One of the booby traps the VCs set in the jungle. They made it obvious for the tourists of course.

The spikes underneath


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5 Comment(s)

Anonymous  

you guys looked like you hardly fit in the hole... how did the other people get in??? :D

Holy crap! You actually made it into the lubang!! Wow!
But despite what we see in the photos, did u somewhat got stuck in between or something? Hehe...

Daphne & Elaine:

hahahhaha! yes it was a squeeze for me even though i'm like freakin small. i got stuck at the chest area, so i had to lift my hands up straight so i could get in..hehe..very musty down there..wait for the pic in the tunnel, you'll feel one kind thats for sure..i'm claustrophobic..

a newfound respect for the Viet Congs! they stayed down there for like 5 months plus..

Don't they have any fat/chubby Viet congs around those times??if they do i want to know how they made through it ! lol

bytes-berry: actually they dont. all of them were starving at that time, they only eat tapioca to survive. all of them were really skinny,no chubby ones at all.heh but you should've seen the chubby tourists trying to wiggle themselves in the tunnels..hilarious!