Tinh Dong Thap Hotel Cao Lahn

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We stopped at a town called Sa Dec at around 3pm. This is Lans' home town. We had a private lunch at an ancient house. The house originally belonged to the lover from 'The Lover', written by Marguerit Duras. After about 6 courses of Vietnamese food Lan took on a cycling tour around Sa Dec. We stopped off to see where Marguerit Duras used to go to school and then at Thien Hau Pagoda where we learned how to meditate and pray to the Mother ...

... des nems et ca pourrait s'envisager. N'oublions pas une chose essentielle, mais peut-etre que Charles pourrait s'y coller, la conduite de la motocyclette en folie. Pas des moindres!
Avec ce 'vernis' indispensable, aurais-je des chances de passer pour une vietnamienne?

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Eh bien non, malheureusement malgre tous ces efforts que je ferais, ca ne suffirait pas.
Parce que personne ne pourra se ...

Wow! I have loved every minute, even when my bum was sooooo sore! We rode our bikes with our guide Thang for 40-45km a day. We travelled through the heart of the watery canals & rivers of the Mekong Delta from island to island linked by small arched bridges or ferries,not seeing another Westerner for 3 days. We ...

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Naja, ueberwaeltigen muss man hier niemanden, wenn es ums Geldverdienen geht :-) Auf dem Weg zum Pier wurden wir bereits angesprochen und konnten den Bootsmann schliesslich fuer 10$ fuer ein paar Stunden anheuern. Die Fahrt im Privatboot durch die engen Mekonggassen ist a thing you have to do before you die :-) Man sieht Kinder beim Spielen im Mekong, Frauen beim Kleider waschen, Maenner beim Fischen, Hunde und ...

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 day was going to be at the town of Long Xuyen, famed for its floating market and flower gardens. Once docked ...

We were picked up from our Saigon hotel at 7.30am and taken in a minibus to Cai Be - a two hour journey into the Mekong Delta. I was a scorching hot day and our crew of 3 Vietnamese boys and our guide Lan warmly welcomed us and got us settled onto our sampan, which was to be home for the next two nights. The sampan was made of wood and bamboo, the front had a covered sitting room which opened out to amazing views - we took over 1000 photos! In the ...

Fuer denn naechsten Tag in Saigon hatten wir uns dann nicht soviel vorgenommen, sondern sind erstmal mit Nicole ein wenig durch die Stadt, unter anderem zur Pagode des Jadekaisers gelaufen. Abends haben wir und dann auch noch mit einer Bekannten von Nicole, Tuc einer Vietnamesin die aber in Muenchen lebt und ihrer Cousine, auf ein Bier am Bia Hoi Laden getroffen. Wir hatten uns vohrer schon auf die Suche nach ...

The third and final day of our Mekong tour was easily the best...it was also Xmas Eve. We began the day by meeting up with the girls from the previous day and heading off to Chau Phu temple. This afforded us a great view of the local area and gave us a chance to explore an often unseen temple in Vietnam. After the temple, we boarded a boat and floated to a fish farm, to hear about this unique farming system where fish are grown and ...

I'm using a very old hotel computer so I will keep the words for a later entry. I just wanted to get some pictures added (if I can on this old thing). The pick up went well, she slept for three hour stints, she attached to Lan right away. This morning she is smiling and very active. I'll write more later. Enjoy the pics! More pics later too. Okay - so the pictures wont upload. I'll have to do that from Saigon tonight. Sorry. I'll ...