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Chau Doc Slideshow
Chau Doc
Travel Blogs from Chau Doc, Vietnam
Rickshaws don't have brakes
This was our last morning in Vietnam. We cross over into Cambodia this afternoon. Our long boats delivered us to the town of Tan Chau where there was a collection of rickshaws waiting for us. After a demo of how to actually get in ...
Floating Market and to the border
Early 7am breakfast on the Mekong Eyes and then hopped onto a smaller boat to take a trip to the floating market at Can Tho, Vietnam. People bring their produce in boats to the market area and sell to others on boats. Each seller puts an example of their ...
Good Bye Vietnam
... Later we visited an ethnic minority group-the Cham Muslims which was fun and we played a little bit with some of the local children. Chau Doc was my favourite as the trips we did seemed to be more off the beaten track (though they wouldn't have been) ...
Chau Doc, Vietnam
... the hotel, arranged for a tour up the local mountain for the afternoon, and did some swimming while I arranged the rest of our Vietnam trip (SLOW internet makes that a real pain). We got a jeep tour around the town to see a really funky/overdone ...
Sam Mountain
... to wearing walking shoes but it's healing well. We mostly ate junk food in Ha Tien but have sampled some tasty food in Chau Doc. I'm getting stuck into the Vietnamese soups. Good job as there appears to be little choice besides. And it wouldn't hurt to ...
Big laugh!
... back in Can Tho (we had snake! King Python actually, my poor friend...) we had a 5 hour bus ride to Chau Doc, 5km from the Vietnam/Cambodia border. This leg was much less pleasant than the previous day's one on boat, especially as I was stuck ...
Into Vietnam
... 're unemployed, homeless, and wandering around Asia - you lose your shame. After the mortifying second boat ride, we arrive in Chau Doc, a small border town. Tomorrow we will visit a fish farm, but we're free to explore this afternoon. It's a small ...
Fishing Village on the Mekong Delta
... country was the most vibrant greenest fields I have ever seen, quite beautiful and rice fields obviously. An hour later I was in Chau Doc, which is a fishing village on the Mekong Delta. It was a truly wonderful and eye opening experience. I went ...
Easy border crossing via Mekong Delta
... it; so that it surprises you over and over again. I spent 3 days in the Delta (Unicorn island - Can Tho - Floating Market - Chau Doc - border). Taking the slow boat, from Chau Doc to the Cambodian border, was very relaxed and it allowed me to get a ...
The boring Delta
... who produce noodles and saw probably the biggest pig in the world, it was ridiculously massive. We then boarded another bus towards Chau Doc. That evening we chilled again and relaxed as once again there was nothing happening in this town. The next day ...
Up the Mekong
... following day we headed to the highway and flagged down a minibus which would take us the distance up to the border crossing of Chau Doc. Although a relatively quite border town, the idea of taking a boat all the way up the Mekong into Cambodia was quite ...
Bye Bye Cambodia, Hello Vietnam
... was a hot day but in the end it didn't take too long before we were stamped out of Cambodia :-( and in to Vietnam, and back on our bus heading for Chau Doc. As we would only be in Chau Doc for one night (think the point of the stop was really just to ...
Trying new fruit
... ; I also slept incredibly on my top bunk and none of the 13 guests snored! Day 87 - The sound of the floating market at Chau Doc (on the Cambodian border) woke us up at 5:30 and we watched the locals trade as the sun was coming up. Those of ...
Up to the border at Chau doc
We are moving inexorably into our last days in Vietnam as we rejoin the coach for the drive up to the boarder town of Chau Doc where we arrive around lunchtime. After checking in we wander into town for an inevitable bowl of pho before hitting the local ...
Mekong Delta Trip
Left today for a 3 day Mekong Delta trip, then heading to the Cambodian border on to Phnom Penh. We started off from Saigon and headed to My Tho, saw the sights, I won't bore you with the details, as it is slow going on these computers. Met ...
Day 9 - chau doc
... in riel I just it my head around it and we crossed the border we got on a bus the other side for an hour drive to chau doc which was just a stopover really kil got diarrhea so stayed in bed whilst the rest of us went on a motorbike ride up the mountain o ...
Saigon
... war remnants museum. This had previously been called something like the "Museum of American war atrocities" but had been toned down since Vietnam was opening up to trade and tourism. Still, it was an interesting look at another country's view of how it ...
Goood morning Vietnam
... but it'll give people a good idea of where all these places are. Started off by taking a boat from Phnom Penh down to Chau Doc...or atleast I thought that's what would happen! turns out we drove pretty much half way there before we even got on the ...
Chau Doc
... kinds of vegetables. Really fresh and very tasty! Took some pics there too. After lunch back on the bus and 4hrs trip to Chau Doc. Here got a floating hotel and a dinner with few couples. Tomorrow morning will go to Islamic village and then fast boat to ...
Mekong Delta
... the hotel and boat then I'll cut my losses. Annette and I decided to spend the rest of the afternoon wandering around Chau Doc. There was a very busy market area and a waterfront similar to Can Tho. Under different circumstances I could probably have ...
Patience Is A Virtue
... of style and the man who sat with half his body hanging out the window yelling at every person he saw that might need a ride to Chau Doc. In the end, since we prepared for the worst it really wasn’t too bad, babies cried, the dog barked, we caught ...
Tam biet Vietnam!
... shacks that inhabit the latter. The cuisine, notably Hoi An's cuisine, was probably the most delightful experience I had in Vietnam. I enjoyed the fresh dishes with pungent herbs and secret spices to the point of taking Vietnamese cooking lessons. ...
Chau Doc, Vietnam
fter checking into the hotel we will enjoy a sunset visit to the top of the holy Sam Mountain with views stretching across into Cambodia. The evening is free to wander this riverside town situated on the banks of the Mekong ...
The Mekong Delta, a step back in time.
What a busy day, loads of fun though. Started our early in the morning to see the floating market, and villages of Chau Doc. Every morning boats meet out on the river and exchange fruits, vegatables, and seafood to be taken back to the land market ...
Bus to Chau Doc
... stopped in the city to change buses. I got 2 million dong ($100) out of the atm. Got on another bus and headed to Chau Doc -wild ride. Crazy bus driver. Almost mistake the scenery for Australia if it weren't for all the rice paddies in the distance. Lots ...
Vietnam - Chau Doc
... . Vi kørte videre ind i Vietnam til Ha Tien, hvor vi blev sat af på en lille cafe og skulle vente 1 time inden vores bus til Chau Doc ville komme. Det viste sig bare at vi blev hentet i taxa og kørt til busstationen, for så at blive gennet ind i en ...
Back to the main land
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chau_Doc We flew from Pho Quoc to Can Tho and traveled by van to Chau Doc. The Mekong River flows through this area and will be our "road" to get to Phnom Phen in Cambodia tomorrow. The drive from Pho Quoc to Can Tho ...