Comments on: Photo Essay: Vietnam’s Cu Chi Tunnel System

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:02:30 +0000

Me, too. It totally freaked me out crawling through them.

By: jessiev

jessiev — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:27:53 +0000

incredible story. i can't blv that people actually lived in those. i am claustrophobic, just LOOKING! .-= jessiev´s last blog ..Who Does She Think She Is? =-.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:04:49 +0000

Realy loved your website. Im very into all things war. I just have a question. I heard some of these tunnels where opened up somewhat for the tourist. Im a bit of a fatty and just wondering would some of those touristed tunnels accomidate my large backside? It would be sad for me to go there and not have a little look inside one of these tunnels.

Thomas.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:03:19 +0000

Hi Longo,
Great job! It’s scary squeezing through those tunnels. It’s hard to imagine how small they were back then. They’ve been made bigger to allow tourists to get a feel for what it was like for the Vietnamese.

By: Longo Chua

Longo Chua — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:28:30 +0000

Hi All,

This morning i had tried to squeezed through the tunnel for 20 meters long, it was scary, i had to bow and squeezed my body in such a small dark space. Inside tunnel is very humid and my breath was getting difficult. Its a very good experience and exposure.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:50:08 +0000

Preya,

We did have fun, but it was also a sobering day. Some of the photographs on display were quite disturbing. And wowee, it was hot!

By: Preyanka

Preyanka — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:01:17 +0000

You know, I’ve never been to the Cu Chi tunnels! Or at least not that I can remember. I’m sure my butt would get stuck if I tried going down one of the tunnels now, but looks like you guys had fun:)

By: Joanna

Joanna — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:53:31 +0000

Wow Carrie these pictures are amazing. I can’t believe how the Vietnamese managed to crawl into tunnels that were that small. It really shows you just what a society of people will do to survive. Excellent post.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:30:52 +0000

Ha! No claustrophobia for me, but I was definitely worried about creepy-crawlies. Ew. The AK-47 was fun but I’ve never shot a gun before. I hit nothing but dirt. ;-(

By: Krzysztof

Krzysztof — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:45:31 +0000

Interesting story. I’m trying to remind if I have claustrophobia It must have been very exciting and a little scary to crawl through those tunnels and shoot an AK47. Was there any target? How many times did you hit it?