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Huế, Viet Nam
16° 28' N 107° 35' E
Mar 27, 2006 16:15
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You lived in there???

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So for our last day in Hue, Noah and I visited the Demilitarized Zone (or DMZ). It took 2 hours on a tourist bus to get there and it was kind of worth it. First we had breakfast, which consisted of course of beef noodle soup (pho), and then we journeyed to the ben ha river which was the de-facto dividing line between north and south during the war. As we drove, the tour guide pointed out the fact that there were still craters in the rice fields from mines exploding and bombs dropping on the DMZ. Funny that since there wasnt supposed to be any military activity here at all.

After about thirty minutes of driving and hearing a little history, we arrived at the best part of the tour: the vinh mgoc tunnels. This maze of tunnels were used to hide vietcong soldiers and supplies as well as serve as housing for the villagers who lived in the DMZ, which is ridiculous becuase these holes were cramped, dark, and smelly even without 300 vietnamese people eating, sweating, and going to the bathroom in them. We really didnt hear much about the tunnels other than the fact that 17 people were born in them, but seeing them was an experience that every visitor to Vietnam should have.

After the tunnel tour, we got on a bus and headed to hoi anh.