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Following the Hw1 from Hue to Dong Ha is unremarkable, totally unremarkable. On my map this strech of road is even nicknamed "route sans joie", probably cause it leads into the DMZ (demilitarised zone) that seperated North- & South vietnam prior to the war and was very heavily bommed. Since the end of the war it looks like not much "joie" has made it back. No pleasant towns, no nice scenery...totally unremarkable. Luckily 1 little doggi (yet another one) spiced up a coffee pitstop. Line loves the doggi.
Arriving in Dong Ha it is easy to understand why this "city" still has a bordertown feel to it, although it isn't a bordertown for several decades. Some buildings alongside the dusty highway. Most of it looks a bit rundown & edgy, bordertown written all over it, but no border ;-)
We found ourselves a guide + extra moto to ride into the DMZ & visit the Vin Moc tunnels (about 2km of tunnels spread out from 12-23m depth) where at some point a village of 600 was living underground to survive the relentless carpet bombing on this border area. Everything but demilitarised! (Thanks for this months gift guys!) Anyway, our guide 'Bin' actually is a South Viet veteran. He didn't elaborate too much on the matter, but did answer any question we asked him. Not wanting to interrogate him we asked a couple but then let it be. For him it was very clear that the Vietcong won the war...I think for everyone in Vietnam who opposed the VC this is an everyday (painfull?) apparant fact. He told us that still today in the south schools teach english whereas in the north they get chinese & russian. Commi stick to commi, kapi stick to kapi? For him vietnam today was a bit alike china...commi-kapi-1-party government...mmmm
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Following the Hw1 from Hue to Dong Ha is unremarkable, totally unremarkable. On my map this strech of road is even nicknamed "route sans joie", probably cause it leads into the DMZ (demilitarised zone) that seperated North- & South vietnam prior to the war and was very heavily bommed. Since the end of the war it looks like not much "joie" has made it back. No pleasant towns, no nice scenery...totally unremarkable. Luckily 1 little doggi (yet another one) spiced up a coffee pitstop. Line loves the doggi.Arriving in Dong Ha it is easy to understand why this "city" still has a bordertown feel to it, although it isn't a bordertown for several decades. Some buildings alongside the dusty highway. Most of it looks a bit rundown & edgy, bordertown written all over it, but no border ;-)
We found ourselves a guide + extra moto to ride into the DMZ & visit the Vin Moc tunnels (about 2km of tunnels spread out from 12-23m depth) where at some point a village of 600 was living underground to survive the relentless carpet bombing on this border area. Everything but demilitarised! (Thanks for this months gift guys!) Anyway, our guide 'Bin' actually is a South Viet veteran. He didn't elaborate too much on the matter, but did answer any question we asked him. Not wanting to interrogate him we asked a couple but then let it be. For him it was very clear that the Vietcong won the war...I think for everyone in Vietnam who opposed the VC this is an everyday (painfull?) apparant fact. He told us that still today in the south schools teach english whereas in the north they get chinese & russian. Commi stick to commi, kapi stick to kapi? For him vietnam today was a bit alike china...commi-kapi-1-party government...mmmm
You and especially your little friend Peyo make me smile.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThanks guys
Weer toffe reportage,mooie fotos, vnl v jullie beiden op strand en Ardan met big smile op brommerke. Line aan de fotos te oordelen gaan jullie een hele boerderij in Veltem krijgen.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGeniet nog wat verder, ik geniet van jullie zo te zien kus knuf mams Mieke
Tussen DMZ en Ninh Binh valt weinig te zien behalve boertige negatieve Vietnamezen, tijd om mijn record van 210 km (Mui Ne naar Sai Gon in 1 dag) te verbreken, you can do it... WILLEM
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLIne, Je vois que tu aimes beaucoup les chiens...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAvec quelle sauce tu les préfères? Tu es au Vietnam quand même, coutume locale? Normand.
Wat moet ik hier aan toevoegen? Special humour?
Chantal
Ela Normand,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenJe ne les mange pas!! Ils sont trop mignons :)
C'est aussi rare pour les Vietnamiens de manger les chiens, ils aiment mieux les rats ;)