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We lucked out and had a lovely hotel with a proper bathroom with a jet shower! And yes, this was a highlight as the bathroom configurations in Vietnam are rather strange; it usually consists of taking up the smallest space under the stairway with sink, loo and a pathetic excuse for a shower to be used wet room style. I found it rather annoying personally, especially when you forget to wipe down the loo seat after showering... EEEWWW! Saigon was just another city with a backpacker strip and some tourist attractions. We decided to stay only for 2 days and make our way up the Mekong into Cambodia as quick as we could. By this time we had had our fill of Vietnam.
The trip started off well and I enjoyed getting into the heart of Vietnam rural life and watching how the people live by the river. Interesting stops along the way to rice paper and coconut candy workshops provided sweet treats and insight into how popped rice is made. The evening however brought disappointment as we were unable to stay on the orginally booked floating hotel and were instead transferred to another hotel that had a kareoke night club below (automatic indication = zero sleep will be had). I was however grateful tha the light in the room was rather dull as I really didnt want to know anymore about the scary room we had been provided. Small mercies!
Day two of our Mekong river adventure just kinda went down hill from there... we discovered our guides really didnt know what the hell they were doing and the person assigned to us to cross the boarder thought that the less information you provide to the skittish tourists the better. There were moments when the group thought, well, thats it... there goes my passport and I am now stranded somewhere between Vietnam and Cambodia! We were all pretty glad to be rid of our tourguide and looked forward to hopefully less stressful travels through Cambodia.
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Natasha Hi Pearl, hope you have a great time hun, remember something when you traveling: everything is great, good experiences and bad. All conclude Asia. I went backpacking for 3 months through Asia and sometimes times were hard but when I look back now they were the best times if my life! I didn't get a chance to do Vietnam so I'm going to love Reading your blog- thanks for sharing it with us! Look after yourself and just enjoy each experience you face!!! Take lots of photos, try new food, laugh and get your feet dirty!!!! Xxxx Natasha