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Travel Blogs from C?u Giát, Vietnam
Centre Of Attention
This is a top pick! ... some attention. We've traveled through a number of places where we were something of an oddity but it was somewhat unexpected in Vietnam- it was a lot of staring mixed with a number of waves, hello's, and broad smiles. Our moment to feel like movie stars ...
Who Can Pass Up A Banana?
This is a top pick! ... onwards, vowing revenge later. This was my first experience with a Vietnamese person scamming tourists. Before coming to Vietnam, so many travelers reported that Vietnam was difficult because you always had to be watching out for overcharging and ...
Over-Nighter
This is a top pick! Rach Gia is a sizeable town in the Mekong Delta region. There were almost no farang here. We did meet a couple from England and had a few drinks with them. You notice that the people and the pace of life is much faster here than in Laos or Cambodia. ...
Boat trip, Mekong Delta
This is a top pick! Day 150; Went on a boat trip around the rivers, it was very similar to kerala, people living in huts built on, in and around the water some looked a little scary, the lady who took us made a variaty of jewels made out of bamboo, one thing that was a ...
Day 155 Easy Riders Day 2
... stopped in a village to meet some locals. The people who lived there were from one of over 50 ethnic minorities living in Vietnam and recently they have become quite rich based on the success of the coffee industry. Most of them lived in very new modern ...
Roger gets his way and We get the Ferry
Roger gets his way and We get the Ferry. Our 5 am alarm wakes us again. The loud speaker in the street. We have had a better night's sleep even though the bed was rock hard again and I feel a bit more positive today. I however, ...
Quick update
Hi everyone - Just a quick update that I've just arrived back to the mainland from Phu Quoc Island (finally with a tan!). Internet access has been very limited over the past week - so just a quick 'thank you' to all of you who have sent me ...
Rach GIa
Rach Gia was great. Great hotel - The Palace Hotel - new and surprise surprise, not where the Lonely Planet says it was. The fellow who seems to run the show gave us 5 star service and told us it was his 'mission' to have us enjoy our ...
Floating Markets & Hand-Made Noodes...
Today was much better than yesterday. I had wondered how the floating market would work, whether it was more of a small-scale swapping market or if some of the boats were for selling and others arrived empty and bought from them.... As it ...
Ca Mau
We arrived in the pouring rain and the "2km" walk into the city seemed much, much longer. Drenched, we finally made it to the hotel we had decided on, right beside the market. We thought it would be interesting. Bad move. The ...
Hello HELLO or better than Bromide Part Two
Hello HELLO Hello or Better than Bromide Part 2 Woke at 6;00 am yes, before Roger's Alarm again!. Had breakfast and set off on our 64 Km’s to Rach Gia, we want to get there today, stay overnight and be on the first bus Sunday to HCM. We set off at ...
Cambodia to Vietnam via the Mekong
I was so excited and anxious about going to Vietnam that I could only sleep a few hours the night before I left for Vietnam. Usually it doesn't matter if I don't sleep because I can pass out on the usual bus trip, but I was traveling by boat down the ...
Tiende dag i Vietnam
Idag sejlede vi foerst 8 timer ned af Mekong Floden fra Chau Doc til Cantho, hvor vi skulle bo hos en lokal familie. Efter vi ankom havde vi lige en time at slappe af i foer vi tog paa en lille cykeltur paa 20km, de andre syntes at det var langt og ...
Anden dag i Vietnam
Idag saa vi foerst en stort Cao Dai Tempel i Chau Doc, hvorefter vi gik ombord paa vores Ger (der stod sampan i brochuren, men en sampan er mere en jolle, sampan betyder "baad lavet af 7 stykker trae". Hen ad aftenen lagde vi til ud for Long ...
Fish Farms and villages
... said there are about 20 houses that are part of his village, and four of those are his relatives. They are all farmers. Vietnam is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. They also grow fruits and vegetables on their land. That evening ...
Succeses, Snacks & Somersaults
... from kick-starting and the indicators broken off but that was pretty much it. One of the most annoying parts about crashing in Vietnam (Particularly when it isn't your own fault is there is no-one to vent your anger at. It's just not the done thing ...
Cantho
... , or the more believable explanation, I left the pocket undone in the morning and my underwear is scattered throughout Vietnam. Fortunately, I had several more pairs of underwear packed away in my bag. The homestay family was extremely nice and the ...
Rach Gia, aka nowhere
Hello, just a short one this time. After a couple of days where we knew we should be leaving Saigon but really couldn't be bothered, we finally set off towards Phu Quoc Island today. We got a taxi to the bus station that we had been told did ...
Mekong Delta Cycling Adventure - Day 3
... stalk so we ate it like a popsicle. Delightful! I think this market embodied a lot of what we have loved about Vietnam - the sensory experience, the busyness, the lovely friendly people and the simplicity of life here. After touring the market, we ...
Cruising down the Mekong
The best way to travel from Cambodia to vietnam is down the mighty Mekong. This river is big and it's got about a million tributaries. A 7am bus ride took is and hour and a half down the road to the port. From there we travelled down by boat, reaching the ...
Exploring the Mekong Delta
... in search of a better life, but was captured in Cambodia and held in a detention camp for a month before escaping back into Vietnam. We were surprised at how good his English was; he explained he has learned mainly through tourists and reading. He said ...
Independent Travel
After a couple of days with the tour group, we thought we could experience more if we set out by ourselves. Try to get a little bit off the tourist route. This idea was sound, but maybe a bit premature. We found it a little ...
Mytho-Ben Tre-Cantho-Chau Doc to Cambodia
... We stopped off at a crocodile farm and climbed a mountain with a temple in it to see a view over the rice paddies and the Vietnam-Cambodia border. That night we stayed in Chau Doc, a tiny border town. There were very few places to eat so I ended up ...
Mekong Delta
... bananas and dropped ice down his back - while Gillian had her hair platted! We then sailed to Chau Doc - our first view of Vietnam - and it's very like Cambodia from the boat - but a wee bit greener! The guide taught us some Vietnamese lingo and we ...
Crazy Border to Ha Tien, Destination 3 - VIETNAM!
Coming to the end of Cambodia......The 25th Jan had arrived and it wastime to head for the Border with Vietnam. A new border had recently opened and was only 3 hours away, this piece of good fortune meant the journey should be relatively ...
