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Chau Doc Slideshow
Chau Doc
Travel Blogs from Chau Doc, Vietnam
Mekong Delta
... war we call the Vietnamese War, which they call the American War or War of Aggression. Having seen the Vietnam Memorial in the States, I always find it particularly interesting to look back through another perspective and another society's take on ...
Sam mountain
... on the bed when packing. The Biafine stayed on the bed... Luckily we fell asleep anyways. Friday, we got up early to begin our trip from Chau Doc to Phu Quoc island. We packed, ate, then got on a mini bus to the town of Ha Tien. When we first got in the ...
Mekong Delta
We took a 3 day trip to explore the Mekong Delta and little did we know that this would turn out to be the Mekong version of the Magical Mystery Tour. The itinery was nothing like we'd booked, our tour guide refused to tell us what was ...
The Mekong Delta
This entry is the Vietnam side of the Mekong Delta finishing at Chau Doc which is a town closest to the border crossing into Cambodia. We spent 2 days travelling down the Mekong Delta which has a complete lifestyle all of its own... and so fertile! The ...
What a difference a few miles down the river makes
... on our travels - well what's the point in doing all his stuff if you can't brag about it? haha We arrived in Chau Doc, a medium sized town by the river with floating houses, very tall and narrow buildings on land, a huge food market with very ...
Relaxing in Vietnam
... from Cambodia onto our website. We finally found a computer that took CDs and had photo software. We have been in Chau Doc, Vietnam for 3 days now - relaxing, touring around a bit, experimenting with new foods and getting accustomed to a new ...
Heading to the Cambodian Border
Leaving Ho Chi Minh City we moved on to Cambodia via a 2 day trip through the Mekong Delta crossing from@Vietnam to Cambodia at a place called Chau Doc. We had visions of the majority of our time being on baots going through a myriad of rivers though it ...
Across the Border - The Sequel
... crossing. This time from Cambodia into Vietnam. Again, the difference between the two countries was astonishing. We travelled by bus to Chau Doc, a sort of stop over place for people crossing the border, which meant that the locals were not used to ...
Chau Doc, Vietnam
... . Hot water, balcony overlooking the marketplace, and A/C! All for $12, which is a fortune here. Ejnoyed a full day and 2 nights in Chau Doc before heading off to Soc Trang. We went to Sam mountain, outside of the city limits of Chau Doc for a day ...
Chau Doc
... cracked the bus ticket situation when we found out the Germans on the bus paid 3 times as much as us!!!! When we arrived in Chau Doc we were befriended by a tout would was trying to make us use him to organise our border crossing! After he showed ...
A great first taste of Vietnam
... some pics: This man was over 90 and still working in the paddy fields: Lady working in field: Market in Chau Doc: Refueling the boat: Fish farm: Cheeky chappies: It was a great trip, especially for $2 per person. ...
Good Morning Vietnam!
... ; Still swaying we took a cyclo to the hotel. 2 people, 2 backpacks, 3 day packs and a cyclo made for 1 - welcome to Vietnam! Checked in to the hotel, the receptionist was the nicest person we'd met since we'd been in Nam and yes I know ...
Couldn't Be Easy
... go to worship, enjoy the view, and relax with the family. Of course by bike. Just 4/5km to the base...could see it from Chau Doc boundaries. When there, I decided to reach the top by bike (you don't feel like locking a bike with a really thin lock and go ...
A watery wonderland
... they might have botox in their cheeks to stop them smiling (like f****** Faye). I then got a motorbike from the border to Chau Doc which is about 20km away. Just a quick aside - motorbikes are cool. This is an irrefutable ...
A romantic boat ride across the border
We decided to take a scenic route into Vietnam and so booked a 3 day boat tour along the Mekong Delta staying at Chao Doc on the first night, Can Tho on the second and then arriving in Saigon on our third day. As we left on Valentine's Day, Mark joked to ...
Water Water Everywhere
We weren't being picked up from our hotel until 11:30am this morning, as we were on the express boat to Chau Doc, Vietnam and not the slow boat which left at 8am. We were happy about that. We ate the same breakfast as we had the last two days, ...
The Road Less Traveled
... that we were breathing. But that is much more than any other border has done. We are in a border town called Chau Doc that typically serves as an overnight spot for tourists on a package tour of the Mekong Delta. We decided to stay a ...
Cruising Up the Mekong
... . Lunch was on one of the islands, where they played us some strange local music, and we spent the night in the town of Chau Doc, close to the border. The next day started with a row-boat tour of some of the floating villages. It was finally ...
Chau Doc
... Doc fahren. Es war ein super Erlebnis auf dem Mighty Mekong River herumzucruisen...auch wenn der Spass ganze 7 Stunden gedauert hat. Chau Doc ist zwar im Lonely Planet als Highlight drin, aber eigentlich ist es eher eine Durchgangsstadt mit ca. 3 Restis ...
Paradise came to an end
... us 2km from town in the mouths of motorbikes and rickshaws drivers eager to bring us to their hotel to get their commission. Chau Doc was a simple little harbor town, the closest Cambodian border crossing on the Mekong River.Aside from its river scenery ...
Monkey bite!
... to see what it said about rabies. It's fatal, it says, if not treated. So on the way here to Chau Doc, I'm envisioning myself dying on this awful bus, and the generally unfriendly Vietnamese just letting my lie there and dumping me on the ...
Chow Down in Chau Doc
... rieliä = 1 USD. Maa toimii täyspainoisesti kuitenkin kahden rahayksikön varassa (paljon enemmän vielä, kuin Vietnam, jossa itseasiassa en maksanut dollareilla kertaakaan). Ostoksista jotka maksavat jotain muuta kuin tasadollareita saadaan vaihtorahat ...
Mekong Delta Vietnam
... to the Viet/Cambodian borders, long wait then more boat in the Cambodian side where life is so different then Vietnam. Very peaceful, children swimming with water buffalos in the Mekong, nice temples and corn fields, very beautiful. Then ...
Scott's Floating Birthday or Eyes Without a Face
We've been on a tour in the Mekong Delta. It's been great and average - first great was the boat trip from Saigon to the city of My Tho, through ship yards and industry, past fish farms, houses on stilts by the river and in general non-touristy, ...
Goodrem is now our second favourite Delta
... minorities in our own countries, why do we need to visit here?? grrr. Anyway, it was an Islamic Ethnic minority, most of Vietnam is Christian or Buddhist. It was full of weaving girls and small children selling cakes. the guide told us not to buy them ...
Doing the Delta
... hit someone. Sadly the edge of the road is a continuous line of plastic bags and other litter. But that is now unique to Vietnam. Some houses make an effort to keep the immediate path in front swept neatly clean but it seems most gave up in futility. ...