Blogs from Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 85

As you can tell from my previous entry, Easy Riding is the perfect way to get off the Sinh Cafe minibus beaten path. You'll still be on the Easy Rider beaten path, as Duc regularly does this tour and he's been doing it for 11 years, but it is a much better beaten path and you will see The Real Vietnam, as they say. I recommend them wholeheartedly. The only bad part is you will be kicking yourself for all those days you wasted doing the silly touristy things. My advice for Easy Riding: - There are now about 70 legit Easy Riders (who have the official name tags) and countless wannabe Easy Riders around Dalat. BUT- Duc said about 30 of those 70 legit Easy Riders weaseled their way in with lofty connections and do ... read more

Vietnam is beautiful. I got on a boat on the Cambodian side of the Mekong. I never knew it was so wide, it looks different in Apocalypse Now! (Maybe cause it was shot in the Phillipines...) After we entered Vietnam, the river began to split up into smaller streams, and we went down one of them in order to get to the day's destination, Chau Doc. Now, a trip on this river really challenges your senses, there is soo much to see. Busy people are everywhere, kids bathe in the water waving and screaming hello, fishermen pull out their nets and throw them back in, boats fully loaded with all kinds of goods from bricks and stoves to rice and watermelons float by. The houses on the riverfront are usually very basic shacks standing on stilts, ... read more

I had the most ridiculous day today, too drunk to write about it fully right now. I spent 5 hour s on the Mekong Delta going form floating market to snake wine drinking places. My boat driver, Lal, (who i think kinda likes me) invited me back to dinner at her place. Well it was wild, the whole fam was there and they were so happy to have me. This one guy, han, was obsessed with getting me plastered. He had this banana whiskey which was so potent and this massive tub of beer. I don't know if it is just these guys, but Vietnamese do not sit back and sip on drinks they simply finish them. It was shot after shot, and chug beer and chug some more beer. It was awesome, I sat down ... read more

After leaving the beaches of Thailand, we breezed rather quickly through Cambodia. Siem Reap was wonderful- the temples of Angkor were as incredible as we had heard. We'll post some pictures when we get back to the states. After Siem Reap we headed to Phnom Penh, the capitol of Cambodia, where we only stayed for a couple of days before taking a bus to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Vietnam was just amazing- the prices of everything are less than Thailand (which is already inexpensive), and it's not nearly as frequented by tourists, though this is steadily changing. There is much less English spoken and written, and the pace of life in the cities, particularly Saigon and Hanoi, almost makes Bangkok feel quaint. There are literally no traffic laws- millions of scooters fill the streets, and ... read more

Hello everyone, I just made a trip to Mekong delta, Rach Gia (Kien Giang province) and Ca Mau, the extremed south of Viet Nam. Please see the pics of my trip.... read more