HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM

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HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM

Not many of us who visited Vietnam and the country a new finish this fight in 1975. Our knowledge about country uncle Ho is probably a film from the Vietnam War that made Hollywood dibintangi Chuck Norris or Silvester Stalone.

Imagine entering a sensible state socialism that is it's eerie. But the shadows dispersed, when viewing rooms are neat airport, clean and cool ..

In traveling to the city, that the streets are relatively clean, here and there are still signs installed former SEA Games. Even before Christmas, when the city government put the shelves containing pine tree-shaped pot-pot ornamental plants. The truly beautiful and interesting, especially when considering a new city out of war 25 years ago.

Ho Chi Minh City is very dense population of about 6 million people. Walking in the city that feels exactly aroma capitalist. Just imagine, advertising space outside of the big-appear along the way that promotes all things-from products such as beer consumption to state propaganda.

Nation of Vietnam by the French occupation began in 1867 until 1957. Saigon became the capital of the French region that includes Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in the 19th century. Saigon as the city built model cities in France. The characteristics that until now still looks like the wide Boulevard, buildings berarsitektur France, the majority Catholic population. Even along the roadside, many street vendors selling iced coffee is tasty. Saigon river that split the city also gives the feel of the beauty of this city.

In addition to selling the beautiful natural scenery, the Vietnam war offer tours to the tourists. Two objects is the main Cu Chi tunnels in Cu Chi Province, a distance of about 60 km north of Ho Chi Minh City, and the War Remnant Museum in the city.

Cu Chi tunnels are one of the destinations visited by many people want to see evidence of persistence against the communist Vietnamese foreign troops, particularly as France, during the war of independence and U.S. troops during menginvasi country.
Entering the Cu Chi Province, a rural feel is the atmosphere of peace and quiet.

Different atmosphere with the right Ho Chi Minh City and the busy scene ingar. No trace appears that shows this area as the battlefield the most timeless dibombardir U.S. troops during the Vietnam War. Unlike Ho Chi Minh City, here does not look much older building on the right-left way. Homes generally are still relatively young age. Similarly with the existing plant. Does not appear to trees with large diameter as in other regions.

According to Phi, a tour leader who refused to complete the name, this area during the peak of the war with the average land bombardment caused no stopping. In fact, trees that have either exhausted all merangas due to a bomb, NAPALM or death due to agent orange disiram so toxic and death.

But the story in the Cu Chi tunnel is not the beginning of the Vietnam War. Tunnel was built by local people as a form of resistance against French colonialism. At that, the colonial develop rubber plantations in the area. As energy work, the manager of the garden the men from the villages around it to work force.

This is what finally provoked resistance and hatred of the people of Vietnam against the French. Finally, while doing resistance, population build-tunnel tunnel near their house for hiding when the French army came to search for men. Subway is what ultimately makes French colonialism ended.

Place in the forest tour this war, we will first be brought to the room diorama that illustrates how the form of a tunnel under the ground about 200 kilometers long, mutually related and able to accommodate the 10,000 people.

If you had, the area around the forest to see the tunnel, dead tank, diorama that depicts the activities gerilyawan, such as weapons workshops, kitchens, hospitals, mines, mines, and others. Everything under the ground. Menjajal we even got into the tunnel as long as 40 meters, has been enlarged, with the lighting the lamp.

As a tourist, Cu Chi tunnels should be the goal. We will find romantisme war atmosphere in there, without realizing that the location of tens of thousands of people in terbantai. (rn)

source: perempuan.com