Mekong - Muine

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From HCM we went on a two day one night trip around the Mekong. Massive river, pretty dirty crazy way of life. Saw coconut sweet, rice paper and rice noodle factories. Stayed in a very budget hotel some of our group freaked out but the feral in me felt right at home. Whole two day trip only US$15, and we had an English speaking guide called Tony (Te-wan), he was great, definitely a highlight of the trip so far!!

We then swapped the Mekong for a kind of resort on the coast called Muine - surreal landscape, heaps of red sand like the Oz desert and then massive white sand dunes. Very hot, got pretty bad sunburn - I
thought my Kiwi skin could handle it - we've got less ozone than them, but seems I was wrong!

While we were walking down a red sand river in Muine Mike stood on a coconut shell and got a deep cut in his foot which has been a bummer. Thought we had all the coconut out but it wasn't getting any better so he saw a Dr who was great...then a week later Mike squeezed more coconut shell out! So it's on its way to healing now.

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