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](https://exploreindochina.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nguyen-Dong-Si-the-chief-of-staff-for-the-559-Engineering-Corps-768x479.jpg)
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](https://exploreindochina.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/a-soldier-by-an-A1-Skyraider-768x512.jpg)
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](https://exploreindochina.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/another-Vietnamese-truck-driver-768x647.jpg)
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](https://exploreindochina.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Forrest-Fenn-when-rescued-768x699.jpg)
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](https://exploreindochina.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Indiana-Jones-and-his-father-having-an-argument-on-an-old-Soviet-motorcycle-768x328.jpg)
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](https://exploreindochina.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Highway-4-768x572.jpg)
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](https://exploreindochina.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ba-Be-Lake-countryside-in-2023-scaled-e1698484750970-768x370.jpg)
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.