An Khe and Vicinity

During this part of the trip, we travelled along Highway 19 from Pleiku (in the Central Highlands) to Qui Nhon (on the coast). Highway 19 is now a toll road. This page contains photographs of the Mang Yang Pass, An Khe Pass, Downtown An Khe and the area where Camp Radcliffe used to be.

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The Mang Yang Pass was famous for its hair-pin turns, steep angle, and the hillsides which dwarfed over the roadway. It was always a site for a potential ambush, and many ambushes did occur here.

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The An Khe Pass was as famous an ambush site as the Mang Yang Pass. These photos were taken during a rainstorm. The last two photos are of a monument placed by the Vietnamese Government commemorating a decisive victory over French Forces in the 1950s.

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The city of An Khe has been rebuilt since the 1960s. Paved roads and sidewalks now exist where hardpacked dirt roads were before. We had lunch at a "pho cafe" which was pretty good. Highway 19 is now a tollroad complete with major tollbooths at each end. The last photo shows the area where Camp Radcliffe used to be, and a school now sits on this site.

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