Wehey!!! We made it to Cambodia- by boat!!!

The most memorable border crossing so far- on the Mekong, by boat, drinking cold Angkor beer!

Dobson getting his passport checked and visa issued!

What better place to have a visa office- by the river, amongst the palm trees, with the visa police sitting on a couple of plastic chairs having a chat!

Floting border and customs!

Local cutie!

Visa application filling

Mekong river flooding record

Local Muslim village

Chau Doc- Vietnamese/ Cambodian border crossing

The ever-present parents keep a good eye on their kids!

Mekong delta floating villages

Mekong Delta trip 08-09/12/09

Ready to set off again- at 6 o in the morning. Destination Cambodia!!!

Morning views

Arriving at the floating hotel, Mekong Delta

Boarding the ferry to cross the Mekong river

Chris and Asian bikes don't really work

Lokale bensert'n

The local garage

Sann lages puff-ris! Coco Pops! Rice is heated up in a pot full of hot sand and it starts to pop! Super cool!


Spring roll pancake

Smelta kokosnott og banan-blad godteri! Mmmm...men sitter javlig i fast i tennene!

Melted coconut and babana leaf sweets- really tasty, sticks to your teeth though!!!

As part of the tour we visited rice wine and coconut sweet making villages in the Mekong delta

So finally after two months in beautiful Vietnam, time to leave!! Decided for once to go on an arranged tourist trip- something which goes against all we believe in of course- HOWEVER- I reckon all of you reading this would have doen the same had you been given the chance to cross a border by a speed boat!! So before leaving Saigon we book a 2 day Mekong delta trip with an overnight stay at a floating hotel! Hmm...not quite sure what to expect...

Last day in Saigon 08/12/09

Our baguette breakfast being prepared for the journey to the Mekong Delta, en route to Cambodia!

Not feeling too clever the next morning...

Getting jiggy in Saigon

Aion enjoying her sock and tinsel birthday present!

Socks and flip flops- a very common sight in Vietnam and Cambodia, for those who don't want any part of their skin to darken from the sun. A sign of being poor, as those with the darkest skin colour are the peasants and farmers!

Christmas buffet at the Saigon Hilton (or something like that...) on Aino's 20th birthday! We ate and we ate... Christmas food section with carved turkey and roast potatoes, seafood section, sushi, vietnamese soup section, spring rolls, stews, salads, cheese and biscuits, cakes and desserts, ice creams, coffees etc etc...

Linda and Chris (and me on the back) in Saigon traffic- the busiest we've seen in south east Asia so far. Though not crazier than that in Ulan Bataar- nowhere near!

Views of Saigon and Saigon river