Cu Chi Tunnels

Today we went on a trip to the Cu Chi tunnels. Our guide Mr Hue first took us to an area that was poisoned during the war and therefore have many handicapped people who now create lots of beautiful crafts. It took about 2 hours to get to the tunnels and we were shown a map which had a key to show the American areas and the Vietnamese. There was a small demonstration to show the different levels of tunnels and the different rooms they had. They dug all these tunnels by hand, and would dig them out together so they would stop and join them up when they got to certain points. We saw a variety of traps that they would make including a tiger trap and an armpit one and a door trap with lots of spikes on. The vietnamese wore sandals which they made. We then had a go at shooting an AK47 which was super expensive (600,000vnd!) for 10 bullets but an experience! It was SOOO loud! We then experienced walking through the tunnels and at one point I was on my hands and knees! My aim was to at least do 20m and managed the whole tunnel, but couldn't stop for pictures and videos like Tom 😂 Tom then went into another small tunnel and experienced how they would get into their tunnels.Read more