Cu Chi Tunnels

"Going to a city that has a rich culture is like opening a very interesting book." - Jonas C. Lim  Information naturally flows into you as you learn new things and explore new feelings that you never imagined.

I visited Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam last 2010.  And one of the highlights of this trip was my visit at Cu Chi Tunnel in the Cu Chi District.

Cu Chi Tunnels are an immense network of interconnected tunnels that the Vietcong used during the Vietnam war.  This is the site where they lived their lives and stayed to avoid the chemicals being released in the air by their enemies, which we all know who, and the bombs that they drop in the city as well.  They have living quarters, hospitals, depot.  Life is hard inside these tunnels.  Not only because of scarcity of breathing air or supplies or the lack of size for mobility and movement also because these tunnels are infested with insects like ants, scorpions, centipedes and mosquitoes as well.

Ask why to they need to live and sacrifice in such an uncomfortable place?  For survival.  Because if you visit the place and see the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh, you will feel the harsh treatment of Uncle Sam to our fellow Asian neighbors.  You will feel an intense sadness and desperation to help our Vietnamese brothers against the inhumane acts of Uncle Sam during the Vietnam War.  For me, it is too much!