Chau Doc Hostels - Reviews and Rates

We last wrote from Hanoi - it seems like forever ago but actually is only just three weeks ago, incredible seeing as we have seen and done so much in that time.
From Hanoi we arranged a tour to Halong Bay, staying on a junk boat overnight. Luckily the rain which had flooded parts of Hanoi seemed to have dried up by the time we reached Halong ...

Touring the Mekong Delta Some things are so bad that they are actually good. Things are different when you're on a tight time budget and I didn't want to waste time finding out about bus times and where different bus stations were. There was an almost full bus of about 30 people, driving around Saigon picking up people along the way. We got to a...

This morning we had planned to visit the Killing fields and then see the two main markets that Phnom Penh has to offer, The central market and the Russian Market after boking our boat trip to Chau Doc. We slept in a little and as we were heading down to breakfast the reception desk asked us when time we were checking out today. Huh? We're not ch...

The boat trip down went without a hitch.Always nice to take a cruise down the Mekong. We had to clear immigration in Cambodia ourselves, but in Vietnam they gave all our passports together to immigration and we just had to wait - that took 45 minutes, compared to the 5 in Cambodia, but it was painless, and it took less time than our entry into C...

Wow. Vietnam has been so amazing... There aren't many countries that I promise to come back to, but Vietnam is definitely one that I will. We've spent the last few days on a tour of the Mekong Delta. This has involved a lot of time on buses and boats (probably more than time spent at actual other sites), but boat-time has been pretty bloody awes...

This day we left for a boat trip through the Mekong Delta, staying on the boat for one night. Boat trip through the trading floating village, seeing candy and rice paper being made. A canoe through the canels of the mekong which really reminded us of the back waters in India. Lunch and a quick bike ride to work it off. Bus to the large boat wher...

The past 3 days have been really hectic. We have been on a Mekong Delta trip which took in about six different sized motorised boats, two canoes, three buses and a bicycle ride. We left Saigon at 7 am and bused to the docks where we embarked on a fast boat for the first five hours.Then it was a smaller boat, then an even smaller boat and canoe a...

24.3 - 26.3.2008 Mekong Delta. Vietnam. Saigonista voi lahtea Phnom Penhiin kolmella tavalla: Lentaen, bussilla tai veneella. Valikoitiin Memmun kanssa tietysti vene ja paadyttiin samalla tutustumaan mekongin delta-alueeseen kolmeksi paivaksi. Yleensahan nama "valmis paketti " vaihtoehdot ovat melko nihkeita mutta koska aikataulu antaa periksi j...

We wanted to see some more of the river region so we decided to move from Saigon to Cambodia via overland/overwater and took one of the river tours on offer. It was cool to see the floating markets near Vinh Long - the river is full of boats that sell generally only one kind of product (you know which product via the tall pole on the boat on whi...

Day 72- Off to the Mekong... We were so excited to have finished our travels with the TM Brothers tour company. We booked our Mekong trip with a new company, and were pleased with our brand new caravan that was not overbooked. The drive through southern Vietnam was an interesting one. There were women with straw conical hats sweeping the highway...