After a few hours on a bus we got a short boat ride to Don Det in the four thousand islands. This is where the Mekong River fans out and shit loads of river islands are created, don't know whether there are 4000 but probably if you count every rock. They managed to chuck my, and a few other peoples, bags in the water which was a bit worrying but was only really my clothes that got wet, and clothes can dry out as you probably know. The part of the island we stayed on is very backpackery but also fairly small and chilled out. We went for a walk around the rest of the island when we arrived. The idea was to have a wander and stop off at a few bars but after about
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