Cuu Long Hotel Can Tho

... Victoria Resort, while I checked into my cheap and cheerful Xuan Mai....except it was only cheap and not very cheerful! I stayed one night, but for seven british pounds, it may have been a bargain but it didn't feel clean, grey nylon bedlinen, no top sheet, just a blanket (in this heat?!) plus tiny bugs on the floor and although it was probably just my imagination, I didn't feel wholly safe, so on the ...

... 5 we could upgrade<br>to the &#8220;fast boat&#8221; which takes 3 hours, has an English speaking<br>operator, and yes a bathroom. So of course what do we all do &#8211;<br>fork over the extra money for the &#8220;fast boat.&#8221; And of course<br>throughout our journey the nickle and diming didn't stop from what we<br>call now Shady Tours Inc. For example, in our floating hotel we were<br>informed that all of the rooms had fans &#8211; but if we wanted we can<br>pay $7 for ...

... boat. It was a bit similar to the ferry over the Zambezi that we had been on in Zambia - only about 6 trucks could fit on at one time hence the long queue. At the other end we taxied to the hotel and then went out for dinner with a Frenchman called Ouilid and a Dutch girl called Elizabeth.<br><br>Friday 2nd October - Mekong Delta (Chau Doc)<br><br>It was straight out onto the waterways this morning as we took a boat down to the floating markets. This was the main reason why we ...

... we hit one muddy section we had so much mud in our tires they wouldn&#8217;t move. We had to get sticks and get the mud out before going on. A kind local lady came to help me dig the mud out of my wheels. It was incredibly hot and we covered in sweat but the afternoon was the hardest as we were so sore by then.<br ...

... fruit but it was really sweet and you ate the massive segments like an orange and it was really nice. Along the river lots of people were washing and cleaning their teeth in the dirty brown water, there were also huge long boats really flat on the water carrying sand, I can't believe how they didn't sink since they were so low in the water. We did a loop of ...

... down a narrow canal that went through a jungle area. We saw many people walking along a path or dirt road along the river. I think all Vietnamese poeple know how to say hello and they love to get the attention of a pasty white person. They would yell from the paths along the river to say hello and wave. It was very exciting to see us apparently. There was one woman walking with her young child. She didn't see us at first and as we were almost out of sight she ...

... would get married and have kids Paul said, in a very reserved British way "People in Britain don't talk about things like that" ! I've been asked my age several times, but I think this is because in Vietnam the verbs change depending on how old you are, so people are used to asking each other so they know how to address them, I refuse to tell people my Vietnamese age, which puts me worryingly close to 30 ;)<br><br>Finally we wrote down all the ...

I amjust getting back from 2 days on bus, boat and foot roaming around the Mekong Delta Region, Southwest of Saigon.I hopped on a giuded tour because it was only $20. I was suprised when the showed up ina great big luxury bus at the pickup point. Ararity with my travel luck. We did the usual driving a round town to pick people up and finally had a full bus an hour laterand set out. Our guide was a young man named Huy and hadfaily ...

... in a rich soy sauce and although a boney fish I though this tasted fantastic! We got fried spring rolls, soup and pineapple pieces with a salt and chilly pepper dip that actually made a great combination! The next morning we had a nice ride around the island. There were concrete paths along most of the smaller waterways with thin bridges with no sides didn't inspire confidence when you were wobbling across on your bike! There was this fantastic big arched bridge close ...

After trapsing around Can Tho Riverside for a while, we found a hotel with a cheap fan room and started to get our bearings Nik was pretty unsteady still and we took it easy, in addition I was beginning to feel horrendous I didnt complain tho!! That evening western food was required we thought that would do the trick. It didnt. I had to get ...