Cu Chi and Vicinity
During this part of the trip, we visited the Cu Chi tunnels, a North Vietnamese War Memorial, a Viet Cong veterans cemetery and a private home where rice paper (for spring rolls) was made.
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The Cu Chi Tunnels are representative of the tunnel complexes estabished by the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese during the conflicts with both the French and the South Vietnamese (and their American allies). These photos were taken above and below ground. These photos depict the living conditions within the tunnels, administrative and planning areas, booby traps and support areas.
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Throughout the country you can find war memorials built the the current government in honor of the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong. Outside of Cu Chi is one of the largest of these memorials. These photos show this memorial.
Throughout the country there are military cemeteries for North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong soldiers who died from 1950 through 1973 in the conflicts within the Vietnamese borders. The cemetery near Cu Chi is for these soldiers from the Cu Chi area. These photos show this cemetery. Please note the mosaic tiles, as they wrap around the entire main building, depicting the current government's view of Vietnamese history in this art.
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The Cu Chi area is perhaps the largest producer of the rice paper used as the wrapping for Vietnamese Spring Rolls sold throughout the country. These papers are made mainly be individual households who sell the papers to a broker who then provides the papers to restaurants. These photos show tha typical household producing these papers.
