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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 ...

On ne pouvait quitter le Vietnam sans voir le Delta du Mekong. La ou le Mekong se separe et devient les 9 tetes du dragon. Pour aller au Cambodge nous avons decider terminer dans le delta sans revenir a Saigon et d'entrer directement en suivant le Mekong. La premier journee, apres 3 heures de bus nous avons visiter en bateau le fameux Delta. Les branches (les tetes des dragon) sont remplis de marches flottants ou le commerce se fait entre bateau. Pourquoi tout transporter sur terr...

When this trip starts, there is something called...a plan. Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Thailand, Malaisia, India and Nepal again. I wonder what really happens and where I'll end up.

Trip through Vietnam, one month

2 months travelling around North Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Thai Islands

A really beautiful fishing village. Very small. Took a motobike up the hill (Mt Sam?) to see the sunset over Cambodia. Cheap beers (75c AUD) and hammocks.Then headed out for dinner on the waterfront. Apparantly the grilled frog has a lot of bones.

i've finally managed to escape the oh-so-fascinating world of hedge fund finance, and am now decadently indulging my long-suppressed wanderlust with 15 months on the road and around the world... *note: apart from the odd review (generally of something not found in your standard guide book), this is really more just a map of my travels than a proper blog, but if you want more information on anywhere i`ve been or what i`ve been up to, send me a message and i`ll see if i can rustle something up.

Today we were starting our 2 day trip across the Meekong Delta going from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. It was possible to take a straight bus to Phnom Penh but we decided we'd rather take our time and see some of this famed Meekong Delta ourselves. The trip overall was to be a mixture of buses and boats with a one night stop in a hotel in the middle. The first leg of the trip was a bus journey leaving at 8:20. We arrived at our first changeover at 10:...

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5:55 Wecker. Zuerst mit Hung zum Dorfmarkt. Mangos gekauft. Fruehstuck. Mit dem Boot zurueck und andere getroffen. 4 Stunden auf dem Boot verbracht und Floating MArkets angeschaut. Dann mit dem Bus nach Chau Doc. Zwischendurch Krokodilfarm und Cavepagoda. Sind weniger. Kleiner Bus. Abends mit ein paar Norwegerinnen, einem Australier und einem Berliner Karten gespielt. Internet im Hotel kaputt...wieder nix geschrieben.

Oh my, what a country.Imagine if, on the site of a famous battlefield in the US, commemorating the deaths of several thousand of our countrymen, they decided to erect a firing range in which you could fire the weapons with which said countrymen fought.Tasteless? Well, think about it some. If any single country deserves to call the shots on what's "tasteless" in regard to the Vietnam-American War, it's Vietnam. And Vietnam has decreed that a firing range with AK-47s is perfectly tasteful.Now, ...

  CET + 6 (www.timeanddate.com) | Compared to Vietnam time = Cambodia time lonely planet Cambodia (2002) footprint Cambodia (2003) the rough guide to Cambodia (2002) Budget 1 Euro (EUR) = 5300 Cambodjaanse Riel (KHR) http://www.iccfx.com Visa $20 Angkor toegang €20 per dag, €40 voor 3 dagen, €60 voor 1 week Gids €20 ped dag Angkor 1 week met gids = €60 + 7 x €20 = €200 LP low budget; €15 per dag  30...