More Tunnels

Today we went to the network of tunnels outside Saigon known as the Cu Chi tunnels. They were not nearly as impressive as the tunnels at the DMZ. I think a big part of it was that we went with a tour instead of hiring our own guide this time. They were about 45 minutes late so we kind of had our trip cut short. The main reason we wanted to go was that you can fire just about any gun made at the tunnel's firing range. We just really wanted to grab the AK 47's and shoot the place up, but we weren't even given the opportunity. Very disappointing. We did have an entertaining guide who told us various stories involving him and prostitutes and gay tuk-tuk drivers. The people on the tour were very nice too and we ended up going out to lunch with 7 of them afterwards. The tunnels themselves were tiny and we didn't get to walk through them nearly as far as we did up north. Got some pictures of the boobytraps the VC used around the tunnels and a painted depiction of what would happen to American GIs when they stepped into one. Funny stuff. Also pictured is the view from our balcony at dusk and our guide in front of some artillery.