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Hoa Lo Prison aka Hanoi Hilton

The French Kept Vietnamese political prisoners in Hoa Lo and guillotined the naughtiest. The Japanese kept Vietnamese Communists in the jail. The Vietnamese kept American prisoners of war in the same place. What goes round comes round. Hoa Lo means the Fiery Furnace.

Take a Look at Ha Noi’s Traffic–Click to Enlarge

Crossing the Road is Never Easy

Let’s Take the Train to Ho Chi Minh

Pictures taken at random from a moving train. Starting with the sleeping apartment that four strangers shared for the 30 hour journey. Click to enlarge.

 

Now Come to the Viet Cong’s Cu Chi Tunnels

  

                   Charlie               Now You See Him       Now You Don’t        Then – Peek-a-Boo!

Charlie’s Front Door        Tourist Entrance              Dining Room   He Cooked Around Dawn.
                                                                                              Smoke Filtered Through
                                                                                              the Leaves and Blended
                                                                                               With the Morning Mist.

             Charlie’s Vent

Some of Charlie’s Toys – Click to Enlarge

                 Step on it                       Go Down to a Bed of Spikes                 Klipping Armpit                          Rolls You Down
                                                                                                          Hang – Armpits Impaled                Pierces Back and Front
                                                                                                                                                                  Top to Bottom

       Opens Like a Window                   Folds Like a Chair                          Get Out of That                             See-Saw
                                                                                                                  Under Fire                              Marjory Daw