Digby's Journal

Adventures on the Ho Chi Minh Trail

Digby's Journal

Nguyen Dong Si, the chief of staff for the 559 Engineering Corps
Cluster bombs, shell casings, and original cobblestoned sections of the Trail can still be seen in Laos. Explore our massive HCM Trail image gallery.
a soldier by an A1 Skyraider
The Trail was a vital logistical network involving comms and pipeline networks. Keep exploring one of the largest collections of HCM Trail pictures ever.
another Vietnamese truck driver
Relentless bombing devasted the Laotian countryside. Check out part 4 of our gallery of images of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, taken before and after the war.
Forrest-Fenn when rescued
In 2019 Digby found the crash site of a USAF jet fighter that was shot down over Laos in 1968. It had been piloted by Forrest Fenn
Indiana Jones and his father having an argument on an old Soviet motorcycle
650cc Russian Ural and 125cc Belarusian Minsk motorcycles are pieces of motorcycling history. Here are a few times they've been in the spotlight.
French soldiers march against the Viet Minh
The Battle of Route Coloniale 4 was one of the most important of the First Indochina War. Here's what happened.
Ba Be Lake countryside in 2023
Rally Indochina was a motorcycle charity rally that raised US$250,000 for Blue Dragon Children's Foundation. It was joined by riders from all over the world.