The Vinh Moc tunnels

Sometimes in 1965 the US bombers began attacking a village located on the coast. The villagers initially built some air raid shelters but, when raids became too aggressive, they moved the whole village population (some 270 people) underground, in a network of tunnels, family rooms and common use rooms. They lived there until 1972.

The visit took us in 2 different tunnels on 2 different levels. Very hot and humid inside, despite being winter!

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The Phong Nha cave

It is located in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. To get inside the cave, you take a boat and cruise the river for about 30 minutes. Then follow the river under a rock and from there continue through the mountain.

Even though we only went for about 1500m out of it’s total length of 7.8kms, the feeling was very unique. Just like in Tomb Rider, only for real!

The boat trip ended at an underground shore. From there we continued afoot through the corridors.

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The Ho Chi Minh road

We moved south on the Ho Chi Minh Road (an upgraded, 2 lane motorway somehow following the famous old Ho Chi Minh trail). We were advised this way would be much more scenic than the coastal route.

The end of the second riding day found us soaking wet (continuous rain!) in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

In the second picture, note the peasant in the far background who is using animal traction for agriculture, while the peasant in the center has upgraded to a lawn mower looking machine.

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Finally, she is here!

I can’t accurately describe in writing my feelings when opening the box. Switching the engine on felt probably the same way parents fell first heart beats of their new born child!

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The neighborhood

One day we decided to explore the nearby villages. Impressive off road capabilities for the scooter but too much dust in our shoes in the end.

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