Long Chau Resort Chau Doc

... is a frenzy)
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.
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.

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.

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 ...

... fond of us both as he asked many questions to practice his English. I think he was a little mesmerised with my blond hair and blue eyes as his stare was sometimes relentless.

We drank tea and chatted for a good half an hour, divulging all our future plans and life stories. The rain at that moment seemed to ease, so we were handed some ponchos (from TESCO) and made a break for the boat. Back on board, we set off again. The rain made another turn ...

... 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 ...

... came out in Vietnam. It truly is the best way to explore another country/culture.
> Motorbikes... my love of the bike may have started in Thailand but it really evolved in Vietnam. I loved riding with Danh feeling the breeze (and the rain) on my face... feeling like I was really a part of the culture, not just whizzing by it on a bus.
> The closeness of people of the same sex (in a non-sexual way)... teenage girls walking down the street holding ...

... is prachtig en de mensen zijn relaxer. Ook zagen we veel bruggetjes en in plaats van duizenden brommertjes veel fietsen. Chau Doc is een niet zo groot, gezellig stadje. Daar gelijk Vietnamese Dongs gepind. We waren gelijk miljonair! Op het marktje wat eten uitgeprobeerd...dat vaak toch alleen door Michiel werd opgegeten. In Chau Doc zijn we op zoek gegaan naar de boot die mogelijk vaart naar Ha Tien. Al snel blijkt dat ...

... cheap and very pleasant! We then went to Mount Sam up a terrible road but had good views to Cambodia which was very close - monkeys in cages - yuck :-( At last - the hotel - Amazing - so gorgeous! Right on the riverbank - we were upgraded as they were quiet - so we got river view room - so nice :-) Pool fantastic - we spent ages sat by it and ages in it!! We showered and went out for a walk hoping the market would have lots of ...