Peripatetic

yesterday our guide Phuong took me (Beth had tummy problems and stayed behind unfortunately) to the CuChi tunnels, where the VC and their supporters hid in tunnels up to 3 stories underground - everything was camouflaged amazingly (here's a cool pic of me closing a very small leaf-camouflaged trap door above my head), with air holes inside fake termite mounds and cooking fire smoke venting 100 meters away. i opted for only 30 meters underground because i do get somewhat claustrophobic sometimes and didn't like the idea of being stuck between other people - as it turned out i was alone with a Vietnamese soldier who guided me through with a flashlight (there were also some lights near the floor) - the tunnel was 1.2 meters high (I'm about 1.6 for our US friends to have a basis for comparison) and quite narrow as you can see from the photo