Monday, July 7, 2014

Vietnam | Cu Chi Tunnels

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"The Cu Chi Tunnel Exhibition Trail.."

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"Before setting out onto the trail we were ushered into a medium size hut for a 10 minute DVD brief of the history of the Cu Chi Tunnels.."

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"This is our guide, speaks English very well. Here he is explaining to the group regarding booby traps set out to kill the enemy. This, if I'm not mistaken is called the 'Flip Trap'."

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"Beneath the trap would be sharp bamboo spikes; sometimes coated or dip in poison"

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"Here he is explaining to us the famous 'Ambush Tunnels'."

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"The last person to come back into the hole would gather up leaves and place them on top of the wooden hole cover."

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"Now you see me, now you don't. I can now go to Cambodia..NO VISA!!"

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"Along the trail, there is an American tank that were destroyed by the Vietnamese soldiers. Just by using time delay bombs that were made from unexploded bombs."

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"These were unexploded bombs that were dropped in the area. The Vietnamese soldiers would gather them up, and rebuild them into deadly mines."

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"This is a time delay mine, which was made from cluster bombs that did not exploded when they were dropped by bomber planes."

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"Cu Chi Tunnels could accommodate hundreds of people, during that time food were scarce. Here this lady is making rice paper, made from grounded rice mix with water to create sheets of rice paper. These rice paper are famous for making Vietnamese Spring Rolls."

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"Rice paper sheets are brought out into the sun for drying process."