Blogs from Kien Giang, Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 2

After a lazy day reading and eating on the beach (30p for a delicious mango she cut up for me), I decided to venture out onto the main road for dinner. Early, so no-one was actually in the restaurants at the end of the track, so I walked along the road (black was not the best colour to wear for this particular activity - you really need the scooters to see you in the dark!) until I found one that wasn't deserted. V disappointing - the cheap spring rolls arrived on a plate with nothing else, so I went back to the resort and had dinner 2 in the restaurant there with the v nice elderly couple from Israel. Sadly, this meant having another 45p beer. Bright and early for my snorkelling trip, which I booked ... read more

Geo: 10.3812, 104.486I leave for Ha Tien the next morning which isn't far away, it's a lovely cycle along the coast and I realise I'm going to miss Vietnam. Just before I get into Ha Tien there's a big billboard for the 'Superfast' ferry over to Phu Quoc so I decide to go down and try and get a refund on my ticket. I was pleasantly surprised when I did get a full refund although they never gave a reason for my boat being cancelled, but I had to be back on the mainland as my visa is due to expire tomorrow.Ha Tien looks a lovely place so instead of heading straight into Cambodia I spend my last night here as my refund paid for my room. Ha Tien has a lovely riverside and walkway which ... read more

Greetings All This is the first blog from our two week trip around South Vietnam and Cambodia over the Christmas and new year’s period. We flew into HCMC late at night on the 22nd of January, we were both pretty tired from the long flight from the UK but the taxi ride to our hotel gave us our first glimpse of Ho Chi Minh and we were both pretty excited. There is something about Asian cities that I love, maybe it is all the flashing neon lights or the thousands of people that wizz around on scooters. Maybe it’s the fact that you often see families of 4 or 5 squeezed onto one scooter or the vast array of attachments that allows a scooter to be turned into a shop or a transit van that never ... read more

Step 1: Lift the faucet handle up. Step 2: Then turn the faucet handle to the left. Step 3: Wait for a few minutes. Step 4: Then enjoy hot water shower from a clean source of energy. At first I was baffled by steps 1 thru 3, but then i waited a few minutes and it all came together. I'm glad that something as trivial as taking a hot shower hasn't become more complicated here. Its funny, I was laughing all week at the phrasing of "enjoy hot water shower from a clean source of energy". Water comes from energy??? Very cool, i must seek out this energy source and find all its hot water. But just yesterday, i looked at the top of the sign and read the bit about about how the water is ... read more

Phu Quoc island has all sorts of interesting sights and activities to captivate you during a visit, including beautiful waterfalls to swim under, lush forests to hike through, and colorful coral reefs to snorkel across… We didn’t do any of it. For three straight days, we stayed put at our little seaside hotel, the Bo Resort, and simply enjoyed the postcard scenery from the comfort of our beachfront bungalow. It didn’t matter that it was grossly overpriced for a minimalist back-to-nature type of hotel, since the food was so damn good and the French-Vietnamese owners hilariously friendly. Furthermore, given how difficult it was to get there (see last blog entry), we weren’t about to chance leaving the place unless it was absolutely necessary. Sadly, that moment came soon enough, since we had pre-booked tickets on the ... read more