Chau Doc Travel and Tourism Guide

In the morning, we piled into two vans and headed for the Cambodia/Vietnam border. Much of the drive to Vietnam from Sihanoukville was just as bumpy as the "Dancing Road". But the great scenery and great conversation distracted me and I barely noticed how the road was taking a toll on my bum. We stopped a couple of times, but the one stop I remember was pulling over to the side of the road in a forest in the middle of nowhere. A bunch of guys got out and stood on the side of the road to...

A stop over for one night on the way to crossing the border to Cambodia.  Not so much to do here. We hung out in the Internet cafe and played with some of the local kids. Funny story; This is a small town but I still managed to get lost walking around. Not many people spoke English so we showed our hotel card to the man driving the tuk tuk and asked him to take us back to our hotel. He looked amused and laughed. I didn't know why until we got on and he drove about 300 feet and let us of...

Our time in Vietnam will be a little shorter than originally planned (as we have detoured to Laos) and have a set date when we need to meet friends in China. When we see the option to go from Phnom Penh to Saigon via the Mekong delta this looks like a good option and it idoes not cost much more than the direct bus trip. We are collected early in central Phnom Penh. The guide is careful to check we all have valid Vietnam visas before we set off and we then have a...

After a quick breakfast, we hailed two Xe Loi and got dropped at the bus station.  From the minute we stepped off, we were mobbed by crowds of Vietnamese, all asking "Where you go?"  We were hussled to the ticket office by a woman who was quicker than everyone else, and then marched to her minivan, which can only be described as a rustbucket.  We all had a seat however, and it didn't seem to be too crowded.  Two hours later, and we arrived in Chau Doc, the nearest major ...