Marmite!! Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Bombs, Craters, Tanks Guns, Remote tribal villages, lost roads of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Incredible picture history. of the Ho Chi Minh Trail today http://www.laosgpsmap.com/ho-chi-minh-trail-laos/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Bombs, Craters, Tanks Guns, Remote tribal villages, lost roads of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Incredible picture history. of the Ho Chi Minh Trail today http://www.laosgpsmap.com/ho-chi-minh-trail-laos/ This is a great link, I have seen some of the pictures before but there are lots of new ones on this thread. Its amazing how much ordinance is lying around and those fuel tanks in a cave are amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Very interesting - gotta wonder how many of those bombs used as ornaments are still live?! Remember the Grand Slam put as a gate guard at Scampton for a number of years til somebody realised it was still filled with explosive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Awesome !! many thanks for sharing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
river6 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Fantastic stuff from a great adventure. Some really great research on the background to the interdiction missions that made the trail a major attrition zone but at the same time the NVA's prime artery. Congrats on a really great piece of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kufra Kiwi Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I was in Laos in 1967-68. Brings back happy memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeferret Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Very nice article......Thank you............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I was in Laos in 1967-68. Brings back happy memories Care to share any. Its my area of interest as can be seen on my site below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kufra Kiwi Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Care to share any. Its my area of interest as can be seen on my site below. .......Flying in a DC3 from Vientiane to Luang Prabang, floating down the Mekong in a 100 foot river boat in a five day trip from LP to Vientiane, running out of food after day three and being given sticky rice and Plalaa (!!!) by a friendly Lao, shooting the Luang rapids where the Mekong pours through a 100-yard gorge, speaking the Lao language, eating barking-deer ("egang") shot with an old musket, watching a Lao military brass band playing "The Marsellaise" more than a decade after the French had been kicked out of the country, being introduced to American civilians and wondering if that was their real name :-X watching silver Air America planes (with no markings at all) lined up at Vientiane airport, wondering why so many luxury goods were freely available when the country's only external revenue was from the sale of its colourful postage stamps, watching stubby little T28 fighter bombers take off from LP airfield and head off north-eastwards towards the Plain of Jars. Driving past the Pathet Lao "embassy" in Vientiane and trying to photograph the guard with his AK47 and Mao hat (he kept hiding behind a palm tree as we drove past) .............. Laos was (and probably still is) a magical little country full of contradictions, intrigue and surprises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lssah2025 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Wow amazing pictures, I have been to Laos, but I think I need to visit some of the trails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 .......Flying in a DC3 from Vientiane to Luang Prabang, floating down the Mekong in a 100 foot river boat in a five day trip from LP to Vientiane, running out of food after day three and being given sticky rice and Plalaa (!!!) by a friendly Lao, shooting the Luang rapids where the Mekong pours through a 100-yard gorge, speaking the Lao language, eating barking-deer ("egang") shot with an old musket, watching a Lao military brass band playing "The Marsellaise" more than a decade after the French had been kicked out of the country, being introduced to American civilians and wondering if that was their real name :-X watching silver Air America planes (with no markings at all) lined up at Vientiane airport, wondering why so many luxury goods were freely available when the country's only external revenue was from the sale of its colourful postage stamps, watching stubby little T28 fighter bombers take off from LP airfield and head off north-eastwards towards the Plain of Jars. Driving past the Pathet Lao "embassy" in Vientiane and trying to photograph the guard with his AK47 and Mao hat (he kept hiding behind a palm tree as we drove past) .............. Laos was (and probably still is) a magical little country full of contradictions, intrigue and surprises. wow, quite some adventures. Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot65 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Great pics and info. Vietnam isacountry I want to do some travelling around. The wife and I are hoping to visit sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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