Vietnam Top Gear tour day 2/3 - Hue to Khe Sanh
After a couple of days of solid riding, the group were starting to feel the first wave of fatigue so when we arrived at the Khe Sahn military base and memorial late in the afternoon, the mood was sombre.
The memorial is very much a political statement by the Vietnamese and paints a negative image of the western soliders who were based there - it actually felt a bit awkward being there as if we were being made to feel guilty.
Heading down stairs into the trenches, almost unchanged since the base was abandoned by the US army in 1968, was incredibly creepy and definitely sent a shiver up my spine.
Khe Sahn was the scene of a 77 day long siege during the vietnam war and caused the surrounding areas to be massively bombarded by US forces - it almost feels like the town of Khe Sanh never really recovered and some of the older people appear resentful towards westerners.
Its very much a working town with very little tourism and a grittier feeling than almost anywhere else we visited during the tour. Its not somewhere I will ever forget, thats for sure.
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