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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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Farewell to Vietnam

We finished our long stay (two months!) in Vietnam in the Mekong Delta, the region in the extreme south of the country where the great river, which originates in the glaciers of the Himalayas, flows into the South China Sea via multiple ramifications.

The region is crisscrossed by canals used by the population to move. In fact, people are literally living on the canals, in houses on stilts or in houseboats. We traveled in small or large boats on the canals, and visited the picturesque floating markets in the region.

People live on stilts over the water ...

... or just plain water, in houseboats.

To get there, we took a guided tour from Saigon, with 30 other tourists. On site, we were taken to a tourist attraction to another herd, exactly the kind of tourism that we usually hate. We were not angry when the group left, leaving us in the small town of Vinh Long with our luggage. Once the flock of tourists left, we were the only foreigners in town and we enjoyed a beautiful evening at the waterfront, watching the families enjoy the fresh air instead.

canoe ride in the shadow of conical hats

The snake out to tourists.

After three days in the corner (Can Tho and Chau Doc), we left Vietnam in the Mekong River back to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. On our beautiful wooden boat, we passed the time chatting with a nice "granny" French, who drew with girls. For a couple of border formalities and presto! we changed countries. The head of the cruise we were led to believe that we of the crap at the border because we could not find the famous "map out" who we had been given to our arrival (we were supposed to keep it two months? No idea where it was picked up ...). Finally, it cost us a big $ 12 more for the Vietnamese leave us out of their homes. Fortunately, the visa for Cambodia was the cheapest of all the countries we visited ($ 60 for the whole family, compared $ 240 for Vietnam!).

After two months in Vietnam, we were not averse to a change of scenery. We saw beautiful places, met interesting people, but we also had some time to discover through this country and its inhabitants, which we liked less (see among others

this post and the

it, about the traffic). Our stay was not an easy one, but definitely rewarding.

floating market near Can Tho