swed Posted August 30, 2011 Share #1 Posted August 30, 2011 Just like to share pictures from some of my travels around Vietnam. The earliest are from 2004 and the latest from 2007. Sadly, allot of photos from 2005 is missing because the memorycard broke and just a handful of photos was saved(and those was som of the best ones!!!). But i hope you like the rest of them! The first ones is from the former base Gio Linh not far from Dong Ha. These ones is from 2005 Remains of a poncho, Gio Linh UXO, Gio Linh Scrapyard near former base of Con Thien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swed Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share #2 Posted August 30, 2011 Former base of Con Thien, 2005 This is on the way to Con Thien. Remains of a bunker Command bunker?(French?) Graffiti inside bunker at Con Thien, i think it say "LOWE CALIFORNIA" pices of litter around the base. I think it contain a piece of flak vest, pieces of C-Rations and a piece of some mitcell pattern thingie. bootsole Con Thien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swed Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted August 30, 2011 To be continued.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSchlagan Posted August 31, 2011 Share #4 Posted August 31, 2011 To be continued.... Please do. Striking photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn92 Posted August 31, 2011 Share #5 Posted August 31, 2011 Great stuff. How much difficulty--if any--did you have traveling to and visiting the remote areas? I would love to visit in the next few years but I'd want to visit places like Con Thien, Khe Sanh, Dak To, Ia Drang etc.--places obviously off the beaten path. I have seen a few websites where people say they have visited similar remote areas with varying degrees of success. I was just wondering what your experience was visiting some of these remote areas. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swed Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted September 1, 2011 Continue Khe Sanh, former base area. Khe Sanh runway. Early morning 2007 Young boy hearding cows, who i met at Khe Sanh Khe Sanh UXO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swed Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share #7 Posted September 1, 2011 Longhorn* Its not really that difficult to go to areas of former bases, but i dont know how it's getting to places like la Drang. But if you got the money and physics and dont think there would be any problems. I have been to the central highlands, and is actually my favorite place in Vietnam. (But because my memorycard broke, all the pictures from there is gone!) I usually rent a motorbike and go by my own, not only do you have the freedom to do what you like, go where you like but you also have the benefit to see another side of the country (something you really cant see through the windows of a bus). And when you get to a town(like Dong Ha), it's easy to find a guide to show you the places you like to see. Many times former ARVN soldiers will approach you and ask if you looking for a guide, and these are the guys to go with. They are cheaper the government guides, speak pretty good english and can tell you the true stories. Beside you are helping a vet that gets nothing from the government because the fought on the wrong side during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swed Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted September 1, 2011 Camp Carroll, 2007 Any ideas what kind of UXO this is? Again, this weird Mitchell pattern plastic material. I found this on all former USMC bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misanthropic_Gods Posted September 1, 2011 Share #9 Posted September 1, 2011 These are great photos, I find looking at them to be very interesting. If you have any more, please post them...or regale us with your stories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swed Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share #10 Posted September 1, 2011 Dong Ha. 2007 This is sadly the only two pictures i have from Dong Ha, rest of them got lost when the memorycard broke. There is still a concrete hangar in the outskirts of town(in a crowded area) that show that there ones was a airbase here, but once again, i dont have any pictures of it... I will try to find more pictures, i know i have more digital, and i have allot more analog pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swed Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted September 1, 2011 If there is any vets that have pictures of these areas during the war that would like to share, i think i would be really interesting to see what these areas looked like then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swed Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share #12 Posted September 1, 2011 Believe it or not, this is just outside Da Lat in central highlands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misanthropic_Gods Posted September 1, 2011 Share #13 Posted September 1, 2011 WOW...that one looks like it was taken in the pine forests of the Southwest United States! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABrangerjoe Posted September 2, 2011 Share #14 Posted September 2, 2011 Nice photos! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn92 Posted September 2, 2011 Share #15 Posted September 2, 2011 Thanks for the info, Swed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted September 2, 2011 Share #16 Posted September 2, 2011 Wow! I would love to Visit Viet Nam with my Dad who fought in the war in 1966. I love Asia, and Viet Nam is one of my destinations one day. Leonardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted September 2, 2011 Share #17 Posted September 2, 2011 Thank you for posting the pix. Very thought provoking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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