Phan Trung Hotel Can Tho

... Central Market. In the afternoon, witness the reign of terror during the Khmer Rouge Regime by visiting the Killing Field of the Choeung Ek, and the Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crime. Before returning to the hotel, visit the famous Wat Phnom. Transfer to Pochentong airport for boarding to Sim Reap on late afternoon flight FT 996 ( 18 : 20 - 19 : 15 ). Pick up and transfer to your hotel. Dinner on guests account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Siem Reap.<br style="FONT ...

... the position &#8211; and they are in some deep sleeps.<br><br>#3: We love when school lets out and you see all the kids in their uniforms.<br> Especially striking are the high schools girls who wear the<br>traditional Vietnamese outfit &#8211; the ao dai &#8211; white silk trousers<br>and tunic. Riding home from school on their bikes they look so<br>elegant. It amazes us how these uniforms stay so clean and<br>immaculate when they have to bike to school over potholes ...

... s west coast. The pick up from our hotel went off without hitch as the cyclo driver turned up right on time, unfortunately this was to be the end of our good luck today. Firstly when we arrived at the bus station our cyclo driver got in a heated debate with the bus personel which involved him making a series of phone calls on his mobile phone. 5mins later with us just still sitting on the back of the bike the driver passed the phone to me and the travel agent on the other ...

... 3 Up at 6.30am &amp; caught a boat down to the floating markets. They have these everyday &amp; it was fascinating. In 1 part of the river they have the small boats selling their local produce to the bigger merchant boats that will take what they buy to nearby cities. In another section they have the big boats ...

... around 9ish and we still have nowhere to stay. After looking in the book we decide on a place called Hotel 31 and our new found American friend joins us. After a lot of haggling and hassle with the moto drivers (thanks to Miss Morgan armed with the phrasebook again, she loves that thing) we get a taxi from the station to Hotel 31 where we decide to stay. Here they have the usuals on the menu plus rat and snake - and under hotel rules in the room it lists ...

... a HUGE pig being carted off... possibly to market??? We arrived in MyTho where we took a small boat along the Mekong to a tiny island. We trekked into the jungle where we found this beautiful house... a little oasis... where we were served tea with honey, crispy rice wafers and an abundance of fresh fruit (green berries, lychee berries, dragon fruit, pineapple, watermelon and pomelo). We left the oasis and trekked to a small canal where three ...

... hanging their product from a long stick above their boat. I'll add pictures when I have a bettter connection. We also went to a rice factorywhere they processed raw rice for sale at local markets. A bit more cruising in the canals before we headed to the bus stop. But before we left, we grabbed lunch at whatever stall suited out needs. I had a marinated pork over rice with various spicey sauces and half a liter of beer. It was ...

... All kinds of trade along the way. River boats are main trnsportation here, but still enough motorbikes. Around 6pm arrived to Can Tho and checked in the hotel, then went by the river for a dinner and few beers. Got a water snake dinner and hang out with irish, australian guys and koren girl. Morning getting up early and will go to the floating market. P.S. sorry pics (for now)

... claustrophobic - Nic and H managed to go to the next level down. We had lunch in a very pleasant setting - we were treated to a delicacy - elephant ear fish - not to be repeated - we all love fish but it was truly vile ;-( Everything else was lovely!! Also had a rice ball - which was amazing - very sticky! We resisted going to another pagoda - all pagoda-ed out! Reached Can Tho and H ...

... to how the city people live.... We got to try some fruit and the local tea at a 'Fruit Garden' on the river where we saw some crocodiles and other assorted wildlife in pretty appalling conditions - Nik was trying to work out a way how to release most of them!<br><br><br> On route the local 'shop' floated passed us which was a pretty fab ...