When we arrived at the border in Vietnam there were lots of kids that came to greet us many of them providing money changing facilities with massive wads of cash on them. I changed some of my dollars into Dong and played about with the kids for a bit. They all seemed pretty friendly and inquisitive and all wanted to give us a karate chop style massage! After some quick refreshments we got back on the boat and headed to the small fishing town of Chau Doc which wasn't far from the border. After checking into the hotel a couple of us went for a quick walk round. We headed to some of the street markets where the locals looked at us like we were from Mars, but as we walked further around the place people
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