On the road again

On the road back to Saigon. February 2004. 

I like this photo my SO took on the way back to Saigon from the infamous Cu Chi tunnels. He took it from the back seat of our hired car. For those of you not up on Vietnam war lore, the Vietcong dug hundreds of miles of underground tunnels from which they could surprise and kill the enemy (first the French, then us), as well as eat, sleep, hold battle plan meetings, and for all I know, take kick-boxing classes. Cu Chi was where the tunnels were located, about an hour's ride from Ho Chi Minh City, which everyone still calls Saigon.

Ironically, the Cu Chi tunnels are now a major tourist site. There are demos of effective and deathly man traps the VC planted for us Yanks, plastic models sporting stylish Vietcong uniforms, and a shameless propaganda film we were forced to watch about the heroism of the Vietcong and the evil of American soldiers.

And for $5, you too can shoot an AK-47.