Chau Doc, Mekong Delta 2-day trip
Trip Start
Nov 23, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 2007
Chau Doc,
Vietnam
Monday, December 10, 2007
Sit otettiin taas bussi ja ajettiin n.4tuntia Chau Dociin missa vietettiin yo hotellissa. Meian opas vaihtu siina matkalla ja saatiin kerrankin sellanen hauska tyyppi sille bussimatkalle. Ja se kerto myos hauskan tarinan miks vietnamilaiset kutsuu vessaa happy house:ks (iloinen talo) tai jos sa meet vessaan niin on kohteliaampaa sanoa et sa haluut laulaa iloisen laulun (I need to sing a happy song) kuin kysya missa on vessa...hahaha...no ma kerron sen teille suomessa koska se on hauskempi niin
Resting place on our trip to Mekong delta
. Chau Doc oli sellanen pieni kaupunki ja saavuttiin sinne joskus seiskan aikaan illalla. Katuvaloja ei ollu, joten siel ei oikeen pystyny ees tsekkaamaan millanen kaupunki on kyseessa. Kaveltiin sen verran et kaytiin ostamassa evaita seuraavan paivan venematkalle ja siella turistit oli taas ihmeellinen naky ;) Niin ja ekaa kertaa oltiin kaupungissa mis oli malarian riski ja paljon hyttysia. Seuraavana aamuna kello 7 jatkettiin taas touria. Mentiin kattoo kelluvia taloja joissa kasvatettiin fisuja. Niilla on joku verkko talon alla missa ne fisut on ja ne ruokkii niita sielta talosta nostamalla lattialuukkuja. Ne kelluvat talot on muutenkin hauskoja, ihan oma nakynsa. Sen jalkeen mentiin viela kattomaan paikallista muslimivahemmistoa ja niitten yhteisoa, missa miehet sai ottaa nelja vaimoa.. No tavallaan se ei ollu mikaan nahtavyys vaan niitten koteja missa ne myi turisteille silkkihuiveja.
Lopulta jatkettiin matkaa veneella Kambodzhan rajalle jossa syotiin lounas ja opas hoiti meian visat kuntoon. Siel jouduttiin odottamaan aika kauan kun vene oli myohassa. Rajalta kesti noin kolme tuntia kunnes vaihdettiin minibussiin ja ajettiin viela joku 1.5tuntia Phnom Penhiin, Kambodzhan paakaupunkiin. Ilman etta matkalaukkuja ees tarkastettiin vaikka opas niin varottelikin
Orchids falling from the roof
. Seuraava entry onkin Phnom Penhista, josta nyt kirjottelen.
Nora
English:
Monday morning at 7:15 our tour group to Mekong Delta started. The bus trip all the way to Mekong Delta took abput three hours if I recall it right. We took a boat there and and saw the floating market even though it was still a bit silent in the daytime. Then we went to see how they prepare coconut candies and after that continued to our lunch place. Our guide seemed stressed all the time and we were in constant hurry.. "eat your lunch in 20mins", "c'mon, lets go"etc. It started to disturb all of us.
Then again we took a bus to Chau Doc for around four hours. The guide changed during the trip and we got this funny story teller on board. He shared us the info why Vietnamese call toilets as happy houses or instead of asking where's the toilet they say I need to sing a happy song.. hahah..well it's a long story and I'll share it with you in Finland face-to-face someday.
Chau Doc was a small town with no street lights and as we arrived rather late we couldnt really explore the centre well. Obviously they don't get lot of tourists there. And first time we were warned about malaria mosquitoes.
The next morning at 7 the tour was on again. We still saw some floating houses and went to one those to see a fishing farm that was under one of the houses
Mekong delta river trip
. They just opened the wooden floor panels and fed the fish from there. The houses are funny, a sight themselves. The last thing was to visit a muslim minority village, where the men could take four wives.. Well it wasn't exactly a sight but their homes where thry sold silk scarves to tourists.
Finally we continued with the small boat to the border where we had lunch and our visas were handled. We had to wait quite a long until the boat from Cambodian site came. From the border it took three more hours to chnage to a bus and 1.5hrs to drive a bumpy road to Phnom Penh. And no security checks were done at the border.
Next entry from Phnom Penh.
see ya, Nora
