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32 Le Loi St. Chau Doc, Vietnam
Breakfast at 0630 - thought this was a holiday!!! 0700 off to the floating markets - in point of fact we were late - most other people were on their way back!! We went by long tail boat - ace!!!! Poor girl on the boat was very timid - she got no sales - her husband really wanted her to try harder - bless! The market was amazing - totally local -...
Chau Doc, Vietnam andrewslanother long journey! i left Cambodia yesterday afternoon on a boat down the Mekong River. yesterday morning i went to the orphanage and spent time with the kids and helped them with their english. it was fun, and i have more concrete plans about going back to teach there now. just for a week or so, but they are so keen and eager to learn, i wil...
Saigon, Vietnam ruthieAfter spending New Years in Saigon, we fly to Danang and transfer to the town of Hoi Ahn. Check into the Hotel Victoria, located on Cua Dai Beach. Despite a day of rain and poor food in the hotel, its a relaxing experience. Even had time to have some clothing made in town.
Hoi Ahn, Vietnam soohyungMay 22, 2007 - Chau Doc, Vietnam (how do they do this for $14?) Had to be at the "ticket office" in Phnom Penh before 8:00 am. We weren't really sure what the whole process was going to be, other than we take a bus to the boat. Our taxi arrives at the office at 7:50, and we see a big tourist bus pulling away. Yikes. We're on time. No other bus w...
Chau Doc, Vietnam suttonfWhen you cross the border between Cambodia and Vietnam, an invisible line is passed and the kramas disappear only to be replaced by conical hats, flowing ao dais and mono-print pyjamas. The river's banks become more industrious, and then, as we take a right to head south from the Mekong to the Bassac River somnolent Cambodia is left behind and b...
Chau Doc, Vietnam travelfishery
I am now in Vietnam, i stayed in the border town of Chau Doc,
This town is not a tourist town, it is on the Mekong Delta - so took a trip on the Mekong on a longtail boat, taking in the scenery (just layed out at the front of the boat and felt completely relaxed) visited a fish farm and even fed the fish - woh when these things feed - you do ...
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 ...
After leaving Ho Chi Minh City we decided upon spending a couple of days meandering up the mighty Mekong before we head to Cambodia. We firstly went to the small town of My Tho (pronounced 'Mee Tow') supposedly the best place to see the Mekong, we took a tour which took us up various streams, villages and of course craft shops before we went bac...
Chau Doc, Vietnam globetrekcharli
After a luxurious sleep we woke to have breakfast at the back of the boat with the crew, watching the world go by. Fresh orange juice, omelets, fruit, French tartines with jam
and strong Vietnamese coffee for Emma. A perfect start to the day, and possibly one of the best breakfasts we have had so far in Vietnam.
Our first stop of the ...
As I road in the back of the cyclo to the docks where'd I'd soon be sailing down the Mekong into Cambodia, I thought about my incredible journey in Vietnam. I'd seen so many amazing things, met some incredible people (most of whom I hope to be in touch with for a lifetime) and had one memorable adventure after another. I realized at the very lea...
Chau Doc, Vietnam mickeymo
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