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Chau Doc Slideshow
Chau Doc
Travel Blogs from Chau Doc, Vietnam
Mekong Delta
... zu finden, erfüllt sich leider nicht. Deshalb geht es wieder mit einem Minibus weiter. Der Letzte Stopp unserer Reise in Vietnam gilt der Stadt Chau Doc. Wie sonst auch überall im Delta ist es hier ziemlich heiss und extrem feucht. Und auch wenn die ...
Mekong Delta part 2
Visiting some floating markets, climbing the highest mountain in the Mekong Delta and ending up at the border of ...
Angkor, Wat the ?!...
... formerly housed in Angkor Wat and the other temples. From Phnom Penh we were taken by boat up the Mekong Delta today to Chau Doc in Vietnam, from where I am writing. Not long ago this was one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world and I ...
Googbye Vietnam
Hello! We have now arrived in our final destination in Vietnam, Chau Doc, before we get the boat to Pnom Penh and onwards through Cambodia! We are also very much hoping that the boat journey is worth the effort it took us to get here today! We ...
Goodbye Vietnam
... my last few days in Vietnam on a boat trip through the Mekong Delta, in the South of Vietnam, set to enter Vietnam via the border crossing near Chau Doc. This was an organised tour, and as usual on these South East Asia tours, they have people on all ...
Mekong Delta, Chau Doc
... because of Tet (the Vietnamese New Year) there were very few boats there. After lunch we drove for a couple of hours to Chau Doc, a small town on the border with Cambodia. We stopped at San Mountain (well more of a hill) and visited a ...
The Mighty Mekong
... travel. We did, however, choose not to continue with the tour the next day, and decided to make our way into the closest town (Chau Doc)to find a 'fast boat'to deliver us to Phnom Penh. We paid an extra $15, which we thought was well worth it, ...
Delta du Mekong
... pilote, on pouvait vraiment naviguer pres des vendeurs et voir les differents produits vendus. Dans l apres midi je suis partit sur Chau Doc, proche de la frontiere cambodgienne. Je n y ai rien fait que me reposer et profiter de la terrase flottante ...
The Magical Mystery Tour
... and corn on the cob at various intervals to make sure we didn't expire. So about 6 or seven hours later we arrive at the place Chau Doc and thank god a girl from the hotel meets us at the bus. BUT of course there has been some mix up and they have no ...
Mekong Delta
The mighty Mekong begins in China, touches Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Burma before emptying itself in Vietnam. It is one of the ten longest rivers in the world and is the 3rd longest in Asia, behind the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. ...
As real as it gets
... or hunkered in the bottom of a low wooden boat skimming a side channel of the Mekong. The dream became reality. Now I'm in Chau Doc, near the Cambodian border, on the recommendation of Nghiep and an Australian guest. The day after tomorrow I plan to ...
Rolling! Rolling! Rolling down the (Mekong) River
... River. We took a mini boat tour from Phnom Penh, down the Mekong River, across the Vietnamese border and into Chau Doc, Vietnam. We saw a lot of incredible things along the way, including stilt houses, water buffalo, and people and kids playing, ...
Our Own Heart of Darkness
... haven't actually bought machetes and sliced and diced our way through the mangrove swamps although the task and effort needed to get to Chau Doc where you currently find us feels the same to us. The Delta is Vietnams rice bowl - enough rice is grown here ...
The Mekong
... python over her which made up for it. The boat took us back to dry land where we met the bus again for a 5 hour drive to Chau Doc which they had convieniently left out the duration of when selling everyone the trip. The boat up there was slow, and we had ...
Mekong Delta
... patient negotiation skills came in to play. Adamant that he wasn't going to spend more than 3dollars on the 25km bike ride to Chau Doc town, the haggling commenced. They started off double and stayed there for ages so we walked away and then the heavens ...
Journey to Cambodia via the Mekong
... get up at 6am we took a boat down the Mekong River visiting floating markets. In the afternoon we moved on again, this time to Chau Doc near the Cambodian border. Here we visited a crocodile farm - I wasn't expecting to see crocs until Oz, but there's no ...
River journey into Vietnam
... and the people so happy and friendly. On the boat I met Gabriela, from Germany, and Jason, from Newcastle. On arrival in Chau Doc the three of us checked into a hotel and then headed out to see what the town had to offer. I think we ...
Chau Doc and off to Cambodia
... island where they make Honey Tea and Dave and Sedge both held a massive snake. We then swapped buses for a 5 hour journey to Chau Doc, which is near the border with Cambodia. We arrived safely and checked into the Vinh Phouc Hotel. That evening we ...
A slap and a border crossing
After speaking to a stoned out 40 something in Pnomh Penh about the Chau Doc border crossing, (the one that the books tell you not to do) he persuaded us that it was really not a problem. All you needed to do was arrange a taxi to the border 2 hours ...
Not So Swift Boat
... Vietnam. I think the Vietnamese used it as a form of torture in the American War. After some pretty river scenery, we arrived in Chau Doc, our final stop before we catch the boat out of Vietnam tomorrow morning. Next stop, Cambodge! Out with the dong, ...
Hugely Hot Hammer and Sickles!
... helping us with that one). After the formalities of the crossing came the informalities; i.e. negotiating onward transport to Chau Doc itself (the nearest town of consequence). Once we were through the Vietcong Immigration (sorry, that should ...
Into the Nam
Got the boat to Chau doc in Vietnam. It was a complete rust bucket but there were very few of us on it so at least we weren't crammed in.Right aligned photo tag: The boat trip took us along the Mekong for the first part of it. It ...
The Mighty Mekong
... we went to a rice- husking mill. Should probably wash your rice before cooking. It was back to the bus for a three-hour drive to Chau Doc. On the way we had a final stop at a crocodile park. Never seen that many crocs! They are used for wallets, belts, ...
2nd Night of Mekong Delta Trip
We stayed here the night and managed to find a slightly better place to eat which was nice. The next morning Han was very excited as Emily was due so we were hoping for some news ;). We took a rowing boat trip (a long wooden boat being rowed by a ...
Tour in the Mekong Delta
... Cambodian visas do not allow us to cross via this border, hence we are going back to Ho Chi Minh City. On arrival at Chau Doc we are supposed to trek the Sam Mountain to view the sunset on the near Cambodian countryside but torrential rain starts and our ...
Border Crossings and Little scares
We got up this morning, packed and headed for the ferry dock. We caught the 10hr boat to Phenom Penh. The boat wasnt too packed which made it easier. It was really cool catching the boat as we got to sit on the roof and take in the scenery ...