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Things to Do in Cu Chi

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  • By muddybok on November 28, 2004
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  • Dining Room - Cu Chi
    Dining Room
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    This is a dining area for Cu Chi guerillas; there are similar commander meeting rooms, living space for family & etc.

    You may wonder how are they getting enough air underground? There were never be enough air underground and the air is always stuffy and hot. Cu Chi people ingenuously placed air well every few tenths of meters using hollow bamboo to the surface and conceive the upper end with anthills.

    It’s too late for American to figure out those anthills are actually ventilation for the tunnel systems!!!

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  • Updated By muddybok on December 6, 2004
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    Cu Chi Tunnel Mock-up model
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    This is a mock-up model to illustrate the building of Cu Chi tunnel during one of the AV session visiting the Cu Chi Tunnel system.

    The tunnels were built like 3 levels cobweb underground systems complete with living, dining, meeting sections as well as for fighting. The right bottom of the model show the emergency exit to rivers if the tunnel systems were to be infiltrated by American soldiers.

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    Tunnel entrance
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  • By muddybok on November 28, 2004
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    I’m really not kidding when I mentioned that America soldiers will fail to infiltrate the tunnel system. Just look at the illustration is being performed by one of the Cu Chi marshal. They will carry the cover as they enter and no one can really spot the tiny cover that camouflage so well with the surrounding. It’s definitely no way to find the entrance especially after the rain because the tiny crack will be fully sealed by soils.

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    This is just a demo
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  • By muddybok on November 28, 2004
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    The actual tunnel is much smaller and certain section will be purposefully built and reinforced to very narrow (1/5 as shown in picture) and only accessible by average Viet-cong members.

    It is quite useless for an American soldier to found a tunnel entrance really. They will fail to enter the entrance, not to mention will get stuck in the tunnels.

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    Why!!?
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  • Updated By muddybok on December 6, 2004
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  • Why here? - Cu Chi
    Why here?
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    No one will believe that there were bloodshed and much oppression on this very ground. No one have any clue why America must involved in Vietnam war, why 300,000 American soldiers must die in Vietnam, not to mention more Vietnamese lost their homes and life during the war.

    You can ask many questions here, but mostly without the real answers??

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    Cu Chi.
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  • By kimmo_v on August 26, 2002
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  • Cu Chi Things To Do
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    The typical outwear of so called vietcongs include; hammock(to avoid the impact of bombs when sleeping), Ho Chi Minh-sandals, packet of rice, scarf(to be used in the battlefield in case of injury and against teargas; as a sign for another vietcongs to recognize; and protect identity in the meetings, so no spys would afterwards recognize you), waterbottle, AK-47 and a flashlight.

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    Bomb Shells
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  • By muddybok on November 28, 2004
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    These are some remaining of mother bomb shells that dropped from B-52 at Cu Chi area and buried many Viet-cong alive underground. Even the baby bomb can explode and kill later once it impacted by knocks or ran over by vehicles.

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    Bok is Viet Cong Certified!!!
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  • By muddybok on September 13, 2005
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    I managed to squeeze through the Cu Chi Tunnel entrance, but the endurance part.... Arrrh!!!

    Construction of Tunnel
    While the bombings continue, Viet-Congs buried in tunnels, new tunnels were being built. You may wonder how come American soldiers cannot spot any newly build tunnel system until it’s out of control.

    Cu Chi people dump fresh soils from the digging into holes created by the bombing and keep the actual tunnel site clean from fresh soils dug up underground. You have no choice but to respect the level of intelligent these Cu Chi Guerrillas had.

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    Wanna make a big noise?
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  • By Rubycon on May 4, 2006
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  • There is a firing range nearby where tourists can fire rifles and the famous AK-47. As I only "shoot" pictures and am not accustomed with the use of guns, I refrained from "killing" myself. However I was told that most of the arms are poorly maintained and that accidents have occured. So be careful

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    Cu Chi Tunnels
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  • By robslacker on April 2, 2005
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    Visit the Tunnel complex from the war. Very intersting both historically and factually lots of things to see from the actual tunnels to movies and bombcraters to traps.
    Plus the politically incorrect gun range hire a gun, pay for the bullets and forfill those nam war fantasies, from AKs to M16s.

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  • Directions: Take any tours from Saigon/Ho Chi Minh.

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