Dong Nam Chau Doc

... Eventually I went down to the remaining boat, which was old, and asked the woman on board what was happening. All I got was a smile. <br><br>Finally a man came who seemed to her husband and we started downstream. Within a few minutes the husband lay down and fell asleep and didn't wake fro another 2 hours by which time we were at the Cambodian customs. Quickly through that and back on the boat to Vietnam customs a few miles downstream.<br><br ...

... is a frenzy)<br>Also took a motor bike taxi tour here to the hill overlooking the town, this was great fun and then a good view and relax in a hammock at the top of the hill.<br>The motor bike taxi driver was a little crazy, and liked to slow down then accelerate - also he seemed to aim for the potholes, but no troubles and this is the way to get around the towns in Vietnam.

... along the way. :-D We had two beers in their back garden balocony looking over a pond. The hevens decided to open and it chucked it down for about an hour.<br><br>We figured that we couldn't stay there forever, so donned our "Mua" jackets (rain in vietnamese) and headed out. The rain didn't last long and we stopped to dry out at a little food establishment, where we met a really friendly Vietnamese guy, who was a ...

... off - we paid probably more than UK prices, and had tiny portions. The next day we hired a tandem bike, which was hilarious for the first few mintues and then just started to be hard work! We cycled out of the Island's main town, into the countryside. It was very beautiful, lush green jungle and small villages, mostly unspoiled bar one or two areas which have been flattened off to prepare for the impending resort development, and the inevitable litter. After an exhausting and ...

Von Phnom Penh aus koennte man bequem und einfach (wie es die meisten Touristen machen) mit dem Direktbus in 7 Stunden in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) sein. Uns war allein der Gedanke mit 40 anderen Weissen in einem Bus zu sitzen ein Graus, weshalb wir uns fuer die Abenteuervariante mit dem Boot entschieden haben.<br><br>Zuerst ging es mit dem Bus nach Neak Luong, wo wir ein Boot nach Kaam Samnor zur vietnamesischen Grenze geentert haben. Unterwegs konnte man sogar auf dem Dach die ...

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... br> Our last stop of the day was a small town nestled on a tributary. It was time to swap boats. Sitting in a small paddle boat, we were about to experience rural life on the Mekong. Our guide referred to this town as the Venice of the Vietnam. All of the houses were raised on stilts and looked perilously close to collapsing. The banks along the river must continuously erode, and as a result their houses must have to be periodically moved. One of the ...

... 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 fact. So we whizzed our way down the centre of the busy roads, spending a worrying amount of time on the wrong side of the road in the path of oncoming vehicles. But hey, wearing a helmet is compulsory by law here. As we whizzed through the towns it was incredible, there was a festival ...

... one dayers' went back to Saigon on a bus. The rest of us sat around in some gardens, drinking beer and waiting for another bus, assuming that the hotel was nearby. By now people were getting to know one another and were expressing concern about how things were going. We were told that the bus would be arriving in about 20 minutes but as the hours went by we were beginning to feel abandoned. It was dark when a mini bus finally showed up and the guide reappeared. No one had any idea ...

... as we are so close to Cambodia - but no it was truly rubbish! What a let down - good to have a walk by the river though ;-) Back to hotel for margaritas and dinner - goats cheese ravioli vichyssoise and steaks creme brulee and chocolate fondant - yummy!!!!!! Victoria - dinner ambiance - 4.5/5 service 4.5/5 room 4/5 breakfast 4.5/5 total - 17.5/20 Victoria - Hotel quality 4.5/5 service 4/5 val 4 money 4/5 ambiance 4/5 total 16.5/20