When visiting Vietnam, venture beyond Ho Chi Minh City and the Buddhist pagodas to discover an example of human creativity and tenacity buried beneath the foliage. The Cu Chi Tunnels, located near Ho ...

I had the opportunity to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, which are just outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The tunnel network was started in the late 1940s and used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

Life is difficult. War makes it nearly impossible. Crawling through 47 meters of the Cu Chi tunnels outside Ho Chi Minh City, I came to understand this truth in the most visceral way. The tunnels are ...