Hello Vietnam =)

Labels: Posted by Emale on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 10:31 PM

State of Being : Appreciative (of world peace)


Back from a 6D5N free & easy tour from Vietnam. Really felt for the Vietnamese people who had suffered tremendously during the Vietnamese war. Especially heart-wrenching looking through the war photographs at the Vietnam War Remnants Museum, which depicted acts of unimagineable horror and torture by the Americans during the war. Still shuddered at the thought of the devasting effects that can be brought about by war.

Equally daunting was the "claustrophobic" Cu Chi Tunnels, which concealed the hiding & meeting place for Viet Cong soldiers during the war against the Americans. Not only were the tunnels tiny and dark, the ventilation inside was quite bad. I found myself easily short of breath after crawling for merely 30m through the tunnel.

Other highlights of the trip include a pony-carriage ride & a sampan ride down one of the many meandering inlets in Mekong Delta (MD). It was also here in MD that I first visited a floating market.
Overall a truly eye-opening experience at Vietnam!! Highly recommended for all backpackers!!

For more tour photographs, click here.
For samples photographs of the wartime atrocities*, click here
*viewers discretion is advised due to the disturbing nature of the pictures*

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