On the road by 8:30 am, and we were delighted by the grand total of 12 passengers on board our large bus to Phnom Phen! It was awesome because we could all stretch out and have seats to ourselves. It took a while to leave Saigon but at last we were on our way. When we stopped at a gas station, Barry tried to exchange money but a woman there took his 104,000 Dong and quickly gave him a wad of bills. When he calculated, he realized she'd only given him about half t...

In order to enjoy the floating markets, our guide had declared we all needed to get up at 6:00 am, eat by 6:30 am, and be out of the door by 7:00 am. We managed to do just that, but truthfully, we'd been a little disappointed by our first day of the 2-day trip, so we weren't as enthusiastic as we could have been. However, we got on board and decided to start fresh. It was lucky that we did. Our second day was much, much better. The floating markets were just ope...

A lovely morning greeted us as we left for a two-day cruise of the Mekong River Delta. We left most of our stuff behind in storage, taking only our small packs, and were ready for …well, whatever. The brochure had been very vague and Claudia and David had also been a bit vague, both of which left us slightly wary but off we went nonetheless. Our bus ride from HCMC to Mytho was about an hour and half. When we arrived, we transferred onto a covered riverboat to ...

By 8:00 am we were ready and waiting to be picked up for a city tour. However, we didn't get picked up until almost 9:00 am. Our guide was a little disorganized but very enthusiastic, so we sat back in the bus and enjoyed the drive through our neighbourhood. When everyone else was finally picked up and on board, we headed for the War Remnants Museum. The museum consisted of several sections. The first was a room of photographs taken during the Vietnam War, or t...

Our flight with Pacific Airlines to Ho Chi Minh City was good and very short. Barry had requested a van to pick all of us up, but we could barely fit in. It seemed the van wasn't the only thing that was overbooked. When we got to our hotel, it, too, was full. David and Claudia had a room, but our reserved rooms weren't available. We were steered to another hotel across the road. This is starting to be a pattern. This time, however, it wasn't a more expensive ho...