The huge old Vietcong tunnel system outside Saigon,...

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...has a 40km section at Cu Chi that amazes...

...and educates, and gives a good shot of claustrophobia too.

Meanwhile, up top, retired tanks are surrounded by soil regenerating...

...eucalyptus trees and the occasional pungi trap, while local businesses...

...now concentrate on making rice paper for spring rolls rather than man traps.

Pictures left side: a model of the Cu Chi Viet Cong tunnel system near Saigon; a guide demonstrates one hidden tunnel entrance; poisoned pungi sticks, one of the Vietcong's favourite tools of war. Right side: one of Cu Chi's larger tunnels; an ex-US tank; Cu Chi rice paper factory.

Photos: Hue | Da Nang | Hoi An | Ho Chi Minh City [Saigon] | Cu Chi | Mui Ne beach

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