Blogs from Chau Doc, An Giang, Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 6

Phu My- Mekong Delta- Ho Chi Minh City-Vietnam 17th march Today we were very exited as we looked forward to our trip down into the Mekong Delta. To get there we had to take a 31/2 hr drive. Lots of us had chosen this trip, but to our delight they surprised us by dividing us into small groups of 6 and giving us a mini bus each complete with our own guide. It was great not being squashed up and Murdo was enjoying the large windows to himself to snap through!! The latest camera club assignments were to experiment with fast/slow shutter speeds to obtain different effects. I do hope you can see an improvement in the artistic composition of our posted photos (which I have to say are really only a fraction of the thousands ... read more

Day 8 Well, we woke up still in Cambodia and some of us (including myself) woke up with some dandy sunburns. I was surprised mine was as bad as it was as I had SPF 30 and wasn't directly in the sun for more than 2 hours total. Ok, really I do know it must be because the sun is super strong here. We boarded our bus and headed to the Cambodia/Vietnam border. It was much more calmer and slightly more surreal than our crossing from Thailand into Cambodia. We were the only people in line and we each took a turn to walk into a small hut while an older gentleman slowly and thoroughly stamped our passports in between taking phone calls on his cell phone. That was just to exit Cambodia. In Vietnam, we ... read more

Eilen, Sunnuntaina matka jatkui jalleen! Herattiin aamulla kuudelta, kaytiin aamiaisella gh:n raflassa ja paineltiin ulos odottamaan bussia. Bussi myohastyi talla kertaa (vain) vajaaan tunnin. Hypattiin kyytiin, tayteen ahdettuun minibussiin. Niku meni kyytiin ensimmaisena ja sai viimeisen istumapaikan ja itse jouduin seisomaan oven edessa. Ei saa kasittaa vaarin, Niku olisi kylla vaihtanut paikkaa minun kanssa mutta bussissa ei mahtunut liikkumaan. Oltiin kuin sillit purkissa. Bussimatkan oli tarkoitus kestaa pari tuntia. Onneksi parin kilsan jalkeen pysahdyttiin ja osa porukasta vaihtoi toiseen, tyhjempaan bussiin. 1,5 tunnin reissaamisen jalkeen kulkuvaline vaihtui bussissta hienoon jokiveneeseen ja ensimmaista kertaa koko reissulla paastiin matkaamaan Mekong-jokea pitkin. Vene oli hieno, kirkkailla vareilla maalattu paatti. Sisalla oli molemmilla sivuilla pitkat, puiset penkit. Katol... read more

Ohhhh if you watch the video see the joy on the faces of the boat passengers. They have just spotted a bigger boat and shelter. This little rowing trip was going to be one of the highlights of our trip into the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.... and in some ways it was - we were soaked, nearly sank and our boatmen nearly killed themselves laughing. We were slightly less endeared to the idea of falling out of the boat and wallowing with the mud fish (weird leggy fish that live in the mud) but when you are sinking you have to laugh. Life in the Mekong goes slow, people are so friendly and you take it as it comes. We have a lovely lovely time traveling on various craft, seeing local orchards, bee-keeping farms, rice mills ... read more

Chau Doc 100'000 habitants sur les rives de la Bassac juste après la frontière du Cambodge. Nous avons passer la frontière en bateau, enfin un bateau jusqu'à la frontière on suit un gars qui part avec nos passeports et qui revient vingt minutes plus tard pour nous faire embarquer sur un autre bateau, celui-ci avec un drapeau rouge et une étoile jaune. Ca y est on est au Vietnam. Depuis le Cambodge, le bus pour se rendre au Vietnam est vraiment bon marché comparé au bateau mais l'expérience est bien plus riche et intéressante en bateau et nous sommes vraiment contents d'avoir choisi cette option. A Chau Doc nous avons visiter une maison flottante (il y en a des centaines dans les environs) et en dessous des maisons ils font de la pisciculture. Deux sortes de ... read more