DMZ

Sooooooooooooo much driving (400km in a day) and a ridiculously early start (5.30am) but the trip around the demilitarised zone was well worth it.

The history is incredible and although many of the sites aren't much to look at now (The Rock Pile really is what it says on the tin) it was sobering to learn more about the war and look at the areas which even today are still recovering from Agent Orange and the napalm which obliterated huge areas.

The Vinh Moc tunnels are outstanding and were certainly the highlight: kilometres of tunnels dug through the clay to hide the villagers and help the Viet Cong travel undetected. Living there for days on end to escape the American bombing must have been horrendous. There was even a maternity ward, a film room and one toilet to serve the 400 people living there at any one time...