Of course I know about what happened during the Vietnam War, but I really wasn't thinking about how any of the Vietnamese would think of Americans coming to their country. My happy bubble of innocence was abruptly popped when we sat down at the first "station" of our Cu Chi Tunnels Tour. At this station, a big group of us sat down to view an informational movie about the tunnels. The very "factual" movie described the Vietcong and their heroic killings of the 'devil' American soldiers. Apparently, Americans were so horrible that we not only killed the people, but also destroyed their lands, homes, AND their pots and pans. I tell you, I was going to say I was Swedish or Danish during the tour just to make sure I made it out of there alive.
The tour, however, was very interesting. The Vietcong used these tunnels during the Vietnam War in order to travel around undetected by American soldiers. They had created an entire city with storage rooms, kitchens (with hidden ventilation air holes), and weaponry making rooms.
The tunnels were tiny and made only for the Vietnamese small body type. In the tunnel it was pitch dark and there were bats. It was creepy!
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