Monday, March 29, 2010

Vietnam #5 - DMZ

We spent a day journeying out from Hue to the DMZ on the 17th parallel, the former dividing line between the north and south during the Vietnam War.

Some of the former Ho Chi Minh trails still exist; this one now crosses a river on a modern suspension bridge.


At Khe San, the former US base that saw a lot of fighting, a war museum displays stories of the war and collections of artifacts.


Nearby junk yard had more pieces of rusting parts.



The sign at a major crossing between the north and south still proclaim, in faded letters, "Long Live Chairman Ho !"


The Vinh Moc tunnels, built to shelter the local population from US bombing, still remains.

More photos at DMZ album.

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