We (sadly) left Da Nang on boarded the "Reunification Railway" to the deep south. Only being a few hundred miles away, the bullet train only took 16 hours. We slept the night away and woke up at 5:00am to the blaring sound of "Saigon Dep Lam, Saigon Uh, Saigon Uh... La lalala la" - translation: "Saigon Beautiful, Saigon Uh, Saigon Uh... La lalala la". We soon got off and hoped onto a five hour minibus ride taking us almost to Rach Gia, but our destination was the small town of Tan Hiep. Along the way we had to cross the Mekong River, but unfortunately there was no bridge. So all the passangers had to get out and swim across. Just kidding, there was a ferry that took passagers, motorcycles, cars, and buses and trucks. It was
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