Blogs from Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 86

So we left Chau Doc and headed southwest to "beach town" of Hon Chong, when they say beach, they mean, one beach. Oh and its as hard as a rock from all the cement factories near by. But it was beautiful country, giant limestone rock formations jutted out of the flat rice fields like, well i dont know what like but it was cool. Hon Chong was small with 1 very nice resort, that we did not stay at, haha, but we did head over there to get a full blown message, Steam Bath, Sauna, Whirlpool, Shower, Message. For about $4.50. I dont think you can beat that! Also there was a cool Pagoda built inside a cave, the ocean hitting the limestone rocks makes caves all along the ocean here. The next day we headed ... read more

Hello, I made it safe. The fligth was long but not too bad. My friend Xuan met me at the Airport and she quickly got me to a hotel. We left early this morning and caught a bus south to My Tho. The bus ride was some experience, a guy hung out the door the whole time and yelled at everyoen on the street, stoping occasionally to "help" some one abourd. It was fun, to say the least. Then we went to her family's house where i met her grandmom, mom and brother, none of which spoke english, but we made the best of it and Xuan translated for us all. Then i took a little nap after which i went back to Xuan's house were her mom made a fantastic vegetarain meal, she made a ... read more

This was also a full day, and I had to say au revoir to the French couple I made friends with. They were a lot of fun to travel and talk with. Ingrid has been doing an internship in Phnom Penh but they have to go back to France this weekend. Thursday we toured the canals more and saw a "Monkey Bridge for the first time. They're the traditional bridges that people use to link islands together, but the government is trying to replace all of them with ugly cement bridges. They're very narrow and I suppose not used much since everybody does everything by boat there. A monkey bridge is basically Xs of crossed bamboo across the canal with narrow logs laid in the bottom of the top half of the X. Along on of ... read more

Mekong Delta After 3 days in Saigon, it was time to move on. We wanted to see Angkor, and we also wanted to spend at least 2 full weeks relaxing on Koh Samui in Thailand, being lazy tourists for a change. Our plan was to get to Phnom Penh, have a quick look around, and head for Siem Reap - the city closest to Angkor, and then down to Bangkok and on to Koh Samui in the south... ...Happy Guesthouse turned out to be the exact opposite of what the 3rd guide said it would be. It was on a pleasant lake, with beautiful houses, very friendly staff, good food, and in an area with many other choices for backpackers... To read more, please see our new travel page - www.soulent.com/zm2005 We've got pictures, useful travel ... read more

no denying my asian routes here. a postcard image of me in a RED dress and the rice patty hat on the floating market. our tour boat anchored along-side another boat that was buying pineapples from a farmer that was selling. we jumped on board their boat and watched them slice a pineapple for our soon to be succulent enjoyment! ... read more