We crawled through the tunnels where Viet Kong soliders spent MONTHS of their lives during the war. We didn't take many pictures due to hating being there, but I hope these can illustrate how small they are.
They were three levels deep. The first level you could crouch to get through. The second I had to crawl. The third wasn't an option but they said it was even smaller.
Seeing the tunnels, the engineering, the details they had to construct and consider was so interesting in the most heartbreaking of ways. I have a deeper knowledge of the music of the 70s inspired by the war than I do of the war itself, but now I have a better understanding of where it came from.
These tunnels are a terrible place created due to terrible circumstances. If you ever need fodder for anti-war sentiments, look no further than the Cu Chi tunnels of Vietnam. I hated them and I'm very glad I went.
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