2006 February-Cambodia, Vietnam travel experience and the latest gonglue of Viet Nam's article

2006 February-Cambodia, Vietnam travel experience and the latest gonglue of Viet Nam's article

Writing this article on Viet Nam travel experience, I really was some love hate feelings because in Viet Nam has too many unpleasant, too much antipathy, Viet Nam and so charme, and already full of industrialization in China everywhere, Viet Nam still have so many things with the closeness of nature.

Therefore, I can only to a contradiction in the mood to write the script.

Visas and the related preparatory work

Viet Nam Viet Nam visa in the Embassy in Beijing, address in Beijing Jian Guang Hua road, visa section accessible from the rear edge of the Chinese Embassy a small door, ask the police knew.

Viet Nam the Beijing Embassy Egypt Embassy immediately, in the United Kingdom Embassy diagonally opposite. Visa is very simple, a 2-inch photos, tables, $ 350 RMB (so black, quickly caught up with the United States in the price), three days of desirable; takes note of the statement to indicate in Viet Nam's contacts, addresses and telephone numbers, I am a blind copy from the Internet to a fool. In addition, it must be clearly written on the enter the name of the ports of entry, Viet Nam, it should be noted. Before entering the Viet Nam, early check-in Viet Nam has heard Chinese people extortion, therefore, I have tried to avoid from Mount Street, chilled Hill port of entry, the final decision to enter Cambodia by land from Viet Nam. About Viet Nam travel guide, because it is too expensive, LP can only download a bunch of so-called Raiders.

Immigration turmoil

Use this to enter the small caption is because from the moment of Viet Nam borders were not happy.

Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City by bus from Phnom Penh hotel purchasing, fare of $ 6. Coach House belonging to a Guest, the hotel school in the morning the car pulls to receive hotel, air-conditioned buses, passenger car condition very good basic are Western tourists. Starting from Phnom Penh roads are still good, half-way to ferry through the hole in the River, about 3 hours and came to the Cambodian-Vietnamese border town nabavi (Bavet), the Cambodian side border control is in the open air, departure formalities completed soon, no money thing (of course, no reason). And then from Viet Nam's Mu card (Boc Bai) port of entry, this is my unhappy in Viet Nam.

Viet Nam's side have good border control tower, and a group of Westerners with the car into the frontier inspection building together, suddenly rushed out a few next to wear blue uniforms for the staff, Viet Nam, and all sorts of not saying rulangsihu reached out to Passport, get all confused, half a day to understand is to help us fill in the entry form, each person make 1 dollar.

Although not much money, but also to sell, so quite maddening, I, of course, to reject, but found that all tables are falling into the hands of, nor to the heart, there is no way to give this group Viet Nam ghosts never seen money can only be used by them to fill. For frontier inspection, the Viet Nam military action is slow, often run by half on half-day jingzi go out, do not back up the frontier Hall overcrowding. Managed immigration procedures done, then there will be two Viet Nam women health quarantine officials stopped visitors require visitors to sanitary and phytosanitary procedures, is actually a health certificate, for who knows how to prove that we are healthy. Good health to prove that two women reached out to money, get all confused, we all had to be pulled out. From receipt at the health and quarantine charges is 2000 rupiah (about RMB 1 million), but they produce 1 dollar, Western tourists are not change, and on the East face of people generally change, expecting to find Viet Nam shield, then a look, even found my 2000 real, fucking a heap of scrap paper. Just a little money, why eat so ugly?, this approach really damage the Viet Nam national image, small. These experiences also let me from the outset to Viet Nam on this country had a bad first impression.

Over the gate, all in a parking lot, etc. from Viet Nam over the car connection we these tourists, wait for the process finally met a domestic compatriots – a MM from Wuhan, she came from Viet Nam, Cambodia, swim to save money by returning Viet Nam land.

Small talk, the MM to me about how zaike Viet Nam, gave me a fright because Siem Reap when the two come from Saigon to Beijing tourists I talked about how the "Viet Nam slaughter you didn't discuss" thing, then I'm skeptical that this time listening to that MM about personal experience: Viet Nam of small traders, especially rice noodle stalls kill foreigners very serious, General prices are local people of four or five times, and is full of a mind that is not a counter-offer. Because anger this unfair, the MM in the Sai bought a package of biscuits when the main meal and even eat for three days. I have to admire from the lone wandering of MM. Parting, who taught me a MM silver bullets: the Viet Nam directly go to the supermarket to buy things, where the prices, the material wealth, the price is fair. After about one and a half hours, with overlap of the car arrived, the condition is true. Vehicle traveling in Viet Nam's land, from the road on either side of the street to looking and feeling significantly better than the developed much of Cambodia. After nearly a day trip, finally arrived in Ho Chi Minh City.

Kung impression

Although in honor of Uncle Hu, 1971 liberation of Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon city was renamed, but it seems here are still accustomed to using the original name of the city.

Kung gives the first impression is the most motorcycles, perhaps in recent years Viet Nam's reform and opening up, people's living standards reflected in the number of motorcycles. Every time when crossing would be crazy motorcycle drivers in Viet Nam driving sweating with fear, the scene was a little shocked, really, a large group of motorcycles such as the WaSP-like sound of the past, especially in the corner they also anxious to speed up the adoption, in other countries have long will they be arrested according to dangerous driving. Although there is nothing the bustling city, Saigon is definitely a charme city France colonial style with a large streets. Especially the girls, don't have style, absolute compliance with standard AO masters like "thin, tall, white, Sau, immature," of course I contact is engaged in the service or the tourist industry, regardless of the business to do, always use heart smile to the face, a strong sense of service, not as domestic travel agencies frequently huyou.In addition, Viet Nam's English are good, even if the Department store of middle-aged women are able to say a few words, this is our domestic large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, I can do. Viet Nam's men feel bad, black, small, with two words to describe – insignificant, particularly crafty eyes feel very untrustworthy, perhaps many years engaged in the fight against aggression colonial, cultivation of a national character!

The accommodation is good, generally from Phnom Penh from bus directly to the guests in the city of van 5 Argyle Street, here is the tourism centre, a bit like Thailand's high gate road, travel agencies, hotels, bars with the whole Street, but to find the hotel there are too many choices are not good, got several Raiders says conditions are not satisfied with the hotel, and later found 8 dollar following the rooms are not good, he found a $ 12 room with breakfast, very clean, the air conditioning, refrigerator, and other facilities, the condition is quite good, certainly better than the three-star hotel in the country.

When it comes to eating, starting from the Sai is a painful, van five old street restaurant is mainly to cater to Western tourists, prices are higher, of course, RMB 15 to 20 a of fried rice plus five Yuan of beverage, this standard far in Thailand even in Malaysia's standards, the key is to taste a does not meet the taste of the Chinese people. This would attempt to go to a local restaurant for dinner, but to have a list price of the menu in English, these are very common in 20 to 40 a dish, but very small, and God knows they are there for foreigners in another menu. Then look into street side of rice flour, didn't think so at the Wuhan MM experienced, all assessments offer unified, powder and a bowl of rice flour 15000 shield ($ 7.5 kg), because there is no standard did not dare to mess the owner doesn't allow it, stood at local people paying bills, only 3000 guilders a bowl, don't miss expect to enjoy national treatment, to convince yourself of the price cut to 5000 a bowl on the acceptance, but those vendors have claimed no, and then let the next 10000 shield can always, or no, too "black" it (later in the bin Cheng market more evil nature, a bowl of asking price 20000 shield). Doing the occasions attempt N, unwilling to Viet Nam-making people succumb I finally choose to eat KFC, however the standardization process in the United States Sai seems too fiddly, food is the amount of or have diminished, good in Viet Nam people's consumption level also eat does KFC, shop empty, as far as domestic, can fall into a crowded and quiet, this is my first Sai eat meals. But the cunning Viet Nam people also no me, I finally offering from the Wuhan MM parting gift "Sunflower protection code" – find supermarkets. Immediately back to the hotel to the stewardess informed around the big supermarket distribution, get valuable distribution map, I go straight to the top of the Sai Kung department store, supermarket, Ah, here's something really cheap, cheaper than our domestic also, various fruits, Delicatessen, cheese, cakes, France beer beverages, are very expensive, especially in the cashew nut, domestic to 50 10 dollars a pound, but here are 20 10 dollars a pound, this is the real price of Viet Nam people, can thus Viet Nam locals rarely, main or foreigners, there are several compatriots met, it looks like "Sunflower Po code" has spread out. Purchase a big variety of food and drink and specialty foods, filled with hotel fridge, material life and greatly enriched, heart begins pride: Viet Nam small miscellaneous wool of measurement is no wisdom of Chinese people!

In Saigon, the line is also a problem, Mo 's, let both foreigners zaike phenomenon, often the expensive to do, the taxi is playing table on detours don't play table is chaos, but high bid SCRI, Southeast Asian countries in new and Peter and Thailand's taxi most regulatory margin, big horse cab is also problematic, the Viet Nam is wanton zaike, compared to our domestic regulation of the taxi is already standard.

Fortunately, the attractions are from Van 5 Argyle Street in walking, also saves and the Viet Nam people bargaining effort.

In addition to see those Sai static French colonial buildings, I'd be interested to various museums, because watching these and similar revolutionary propaganda as to be able to remember something that year.

However in Viet Nam revolution Museum makes me some angry, the Museum is in praise of Hu Uncle how to lead people to fight against the United States, Viet Nam method for national independence aggression, but said nothing about the Chinese people's help, to know that not a lot of Chinese people for the helped, their own how to win over France colonial forces, United States invaders? Chinese people sacrifice are huge, where they disappear, and even then-Soviet Union: big brother also didn't mention that it is ungrateful people. Think we're Chinese, foreigners help a little busy to life with a thankful mood to remember them, every Chinese person is preoccupied with Norman Bethune, kotnis, United States Flying Tigers, and so on. It is national and ethnic differences are too big.

In the Sai participated in a $ 7-day tour of the Mekong Delta, the activities of the organization is very good, large boats for shipbuilding, ship for the boat, in the Mekong river estuaries in front of the small island between swinging and, during which also went to a wholesale fruit market, much less over the tropical fruit really confusing, see domestic had publicized, and sell, the thief expensive Taiwan native tropical fruit wax apples, here one kilogram is 5000 shield, bought a big heap after a taste, taste is really not up to much, I really don't know why those sets of bazi to mainland China to sell the bad stuff.

Team of guides is a 50-year-old man, a face in Viet Nam the vicissitudes of life but English is good, people are also very humorous, travel is coming to an end, in order to sell the second day of the ancient Shiba Road 1, start he participated in the war to the war experience, and pulling clothes show you his body is beautiful car anti-aircraft machine gun bullet of the helicopter off the pieces of meat, the whole car of Western tourists (certainly also have United States guys) are all looked at each other. To end a day of leisure, but also to the moment of farewell with the Sai. In three days, Sai Kung, here I was very emotional. Parting, also at the top of the Sai department store supermarket purchasing something big, strongly recommended green bean cake, coffee and cashew nuts, these three things is definitely worth buying, especially the MOCA Cafe, in the supermarket pricesThat reasonable (half-pound Pack approximately RMB ten bucks), also presented the coffee filter. Don't go to bin Cheng market or other booths where you buy, and cannot guarantee the quality.

Viet Nam's Open tour has always been a special passenger services, from the Internet, especially the most famous Café Sinh, price is the most expensive.

But in order to pursue the best service I have Sinh Café is preferred. But access to their Office, obviously ads paper know Kung the NHA, Hoi an, hue to Hanoi is $ 25, you can actually buy a ticket to us $ 29, Miss a pay love can't buy is the price of the rack. Peer friends consider to be the best service and car condition here, will have to agree to buy tickets for the Sinh Café. Subsequently informed that Viet Nam now has more than ten companies doing Open tour, the prices of the cheapest from starts at $ 19, difference of shocking, but they have no idea how. Later discovered, Sinh Café service is not up to much, general condition, and is designed for foreign tourists open now also allows local people on Viet Nam, the whole car jumble, very uncomfortable. Especially the last from the hue to Hanoi, has also taken place in the middle of the carpool. Therefore, subsequent friends never superstition Sinh Café, you can take due account of the other company cheaper cars.

NHA

Open tour bus depart from Saigon to eight hours, half-way through Mui Ne Beach residence, Mui Ne beach is Viet Nam to promote tourist destination, but I do like the beach, some general features are not at a resort, it is not necessary to come to this resort, South-East Asia has too many good beach resort, Viet Nam and here it is only partly right.

Hainan Island in China also far better than this. Reach the NHA has been in the evening, around the Office at Sinh Café for a 7 dollar House, conditions can also. $ 6 spent immediately reported the next day's four-day trip to the island. Then take to the streets ready to find a place to eat seafood, ask again all, lobster RMB 250 Yuan a kilogram, prawns with a kilogram to $ 120 Gong Lue in flower 50, 60 RMB a lobster and seafood is vanishing. Seafood meal only to vanish into thin air, a restaurant, just point the three dishes, prices are 20, 30 or so, you can see, after serving less pitiful, $ 25, a so-called prawns with only the poor, the other two are confused by the cabbage shreds 178. Viet Nam stuff really fucking rip off since.

The next morning to go to the beach at sunrise, personal feeling NHA Beach better than Mui Ne, but the sand is not very fine, there are several Beach Zou subtree, is a little tropical style, but it's not what most famous tourist attractions, this pastime it can, not worth a special trip to too.

By boat from the Jetty to participate in the four Island Tour 1 mission, members mainly tourists, with the exception of Viet Nam for us, there are two of Switzerland, a United States man, surrounded by three Viet Nam girl around the United States guys go. Have some fresh wind into the sea or leisurely, wanted to go swimming, water may have to buy tickets on board swimming, also abandoned. Intermediate to upper Island Tour, island scenery than NHA Beach better, more blue sea. The noon meal also pipe, but eat too badly, is a bit hard to swallow, even more insidious is that these people at this point the Viet Nam demonstrate a flattering color, he kept the dish to the front end of the three Westerners. Day of the time spent in leisurely boat.

Hoi an

I take the overnight train from NHA, in Open tour bus met an unaccompanied independence through Southeast Asia in Guangxi MM, with associated with travel, chat, found this surprising, MM courage after the resignation of a person already in Thailand travel 1 months in Cambodia for 10 days, it's not simple.

To Hoi an is already at half past seven in the morning. As a world cultural heritage of Hoi an, possibly due to the foreigners more reason, accommodation is obviously a bit pricey, position and condition of the rooms are generally 10 dollars or more, I found a small town on the edge between the 7 dollar room, many mosquitoes. Hoi an ancient town under the influence of the Chinese people are quite deep, is full of Chinese inscriptions, the small town of commercialization is very serious, like South of Zhouzhuang, xitang, all along the housing is opened the shop, foreigners into town could take 5 dollars to buy the tickets, I-ming told I am not into any of the attractions that makes swing. The town has a lot of Chinese Association and ancestral, to tickets to enter, some are Free. However from domestic to sure to Hoi an not interested, because everything is familiar in the country, where other smaller. Online people associate it with a Lijiang is a world of difference than even the Jiangnan Zhouzhuang Wuzhen than not. The most abominable is that the bridge is the Chinese people to plainly, not called "Japan bridge".

Hoi an's prices are high, small traders are black, open to a foreigner prices higher.

But in the same direction of Guangxi MM showed a very strong survival skills, she in Viet Nam, Sai have found when people learned to ask price and number of Viet Nam, ask the class how much sound like Chinese girl "hold," and often can get close to the national treatment. But this trick in Hoi an not-too-so we shared a few rice flour to "hold the girl," results people directly in English "fifteen thousand dong" bring us back to the top, then counter-offer is useless. This bit is very persistent in Guangxi MM, finally a couple stalls woman in our counteroffer to 7000 rupiah Bowl a little heart, just give us the Sheng, did not think the man's hand a cross to 15000 shield a bowl, we certainly do not agree, he should be sung good three Bowl noodle full down the road of sewers, fucking me gas is broken, there are still a few street asshole in Viet Nam Bangqiang, watching these little Viet Nam miscellaneous hair, I really want to blow past, were later Companion. To eat things really get me exhausted, and discuss road in Guangxi MM, Westerners will not have this encounter because they simply do not see the trash on the street side, who let me Chinese base?Eat this, not to speak. Be an unpleasant experience gives me the feeling of the Viet Nam became even worse.

The hoi an River, also met two come from Dongxing compatriots, met to we denounced the abominable, Viet Nam officials in Mount Street, port of entry, since there is no health card was extortion, struggle for over an hour, is the last word in other people, each person had 80 Yuan.

It is said that Viet Nam's appetite now than previously, once upon a time, each person make a 30, 50 block is spared, not out of 80, 100 is unable to cross the border. It seems that entrenched corruption of Viet Nam, I can only rejoice that he hadn't come out from David.

Hue

I took the day off from Hoi an, hue because proximity to four hours to stopping two spots, one is a little hole, one beach, are meaningless.

It is said that this paragraph be United States by the National Geographic Magazine rated life will tour of 50 places, people and nature and association with model. I think it is overstated, the landscape is too general, if you edit the United States to China's Yunnan province nujiang upstream, to take a look in Guangxi Province, it is really between man and nature and association with it.

The ancient city of hue in the Metro and bus stop, Metro, go to the city you want to rent a bike, to be very cheap, half day or 5 kg, 6 Yuan.

The ancient city from Newcastle to about 3, 4 km, riding across the city for a while. The Museum is located in the ancient city of hue, tickets to implement differentiated, Shield of foreigners, citizens 55000 10000 shield, although not expensive, but there really is no better, because full is shrinking the destruction of the Imperial Palace in Beijing, because during the Vietnam war the Imperial Palace of hue CPV to fight u.s. troops as a launch pad, results here are United States aircraft bombed a mess, though had very poor maintenance. Imperial Palace outer flag desk now fluttering is Viet Nam's lone star red flag. Ride along the River up to 5 km may day El Temple, in addition to free admission to a tower is monuments, other halls are new-built, without much meaning. But look at the city of nice scenery. Then along the River a few kilometers there are also several's Tomb, did not go, because the way it sounds too spoke of compatriots here is too does not mean. Hue does not have to spend too much time, half a day is sufficient. Back to see when a new city of hue juejing: a herd of white Viet Nam national costume of middle school girls bike, one person, it is said that pure hue woman learns from suspension of Daisaku, very strict, is each Viet Nam man ideal partner. But I think these teen beauty if you are into that this black thin, dreadfulness of Viet Nam "cow dung" also a pity.

Hanoi

Only from Hanoi to hue, proceeding from the overnight train of hue, the reputation of the very good Sinh Café company finally began to work in the car, an unknown parking spots, a passenger is not full of passenger cars to all passengers were down to our buses, these people are mostly native to Viet Nam, with a large package packet will car plugs have full, carriage and internal people filled the unpleasant smell, this night was destined to be spent in hard.

Do not know when it started to rain, early morning arrival in Hanoi, raining, but the weather is cooler, it seems from the tropical and return to the temperate zone. Bus stops in bus station only, while the eyes a smear when someone claiming to be the Sinh Café can take us to the old town of Sinh Café office, results follow went only to find a hotel in soliciting, although deceived us, but in this rainy day can only spend 8 dollars were forced to live here.

In Hanoi's day has always been a rainy, also for tourist attractions.

Compared with the Sai Kung, Hanoi to fall behind many of the old town is like a need rebuilding. Hanoi's woman and a woman more than Sai is the lack of delicate and aura, men are more insignificant. And in Hanoi travel very inconvenient, English was far more popular, ask Kung is hard, has often been pointed in the wrong direction. Go to the rings sword Lake several attractions around, feel too generic, for tourists from China and I want some of this in Hanoi attractions not worth seeing. Continue to strive for supper, in Guangxi MM, we ring the sword Lake, surrounding a little shop in "hold girl" N times, I feel the price is from Cape, the counter-offer is a monolithic bloc, the last in a snack shop to meet a person who could speak good words of France were in Viet Nam, he and help negotiate with the boss, is to a reasonable price, but by Viet Nam's standard of living, we get the prices still are a lot of local people in Viet Nam. For dinner, and the France friends discussion of Viet Nam in this situation, the France people angry, he lives in Viet Nam for five years, while the ability to say that Viet Nam language was not spared, this is the person's nationality, Viet Nam everyday fighting for something to eat, really tired. In the evening at the theatre by the Lake around the sword at the water puppet show, tickets at 15000 shield and 40000 shield, shield seat may rely on 40000 front and a souvenir program of VCD, should speak such a great level of performance is a very cheap price.

The next morning trip is located at the bus station square of Hu Uncle mausoleum and Hu met uncle, Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, every Monday and Sunday closing, other days are only available for viewing in the morning.

Remember it was a rainy morning, after accepting the security check (cell phone and camera cannot bring), Queuing from the side door to enter the black marble building, into the very bad when you smell, now looking like the smell of carrion, because I asked other uncle Hu Jintao had to go to the remains of smell the odor. With the team in conghu Uncle slowly walked beside the Crystal coffin, not flowers around streams, only four of the soldiers stood silently, wake. Hu Uncle dressed in grey are putting on, hands folded chest, lay there, the landmark white goat Hu floating in the chest, face though, but the top two yellow Crystal coffin of light shines on the face and hands, the color is a bit afraid. At the time I'd used to Hu Uncle ju a bow, and then ask him whether the underground knew his followers later led the Viet Nam-military on his benefactor Chinese people push?!

The next Dragon curve

Knew the Hanoi has to go down the long, long, but in order to find the bus station is also much trouble.

First and then the foreground, the hotel is next to the travel agency staff inquire about how to get to the bus station, the answer will be no distance too far from the bus, you must make, price 100000 rupiah (about RMB 50), so the more "good man" describes the friction of the driver, you can send $ 5 cheaper. More "good man" said no bus to the city, under the Dragon must be private, he can contact cheap car for $ 10 per person. F *** that is no choice but to turn out strategy, one of the aforementioned in Hanoi's bus station called Cameron station, so go and get heard Cameron station bus, had a half-day world the answer remains must fight, damn universal solidarity. There is no way had to fight to Cameron station, bloody taxi driver mouths to shield, play table 60000, said too far, but also to the shield, as a result only 40000 3 km of the road, really have nothing to say. The Golden Horse station, no bus station, and then asked "to go to the next Dragon city bus station in?" has no one told, the whole is a raw deal on Internet strategy. Finally found a European backpackers also go to the bus station, learned, Cameron station before there is a bus to bus station, only this time I feel it is necessary to leave the country as soon as possible. Get on the bus, 2000 guilders ticket to the bus station. Of course, Hanoi's bus station is very confusing, as there is no fixed shoupiaodian, all companies in the business, soliciting, prices were confusing, a uniformed staff know to go to the next Dragon city bus, the fare is 40000 shield.

Hanoi-the Dragon can be up to 4 hours, the car is Korea modern medium-sized passenger cars, the condition is true, but a severe overloading, passengers on the road to see people pull car stuffed full of, and vehicle Viet Nam farmers are cigarette in hand, it is hard for 4 hours, but close to the time of the next Dragon city have run in the coastal highway, Ocean scenery in Guilin has passed at this time.

The city is actually under the Dragon by Al Chai (Bai Cai) and Hongji (Hong Gai) consists of two zones, the tourism under Dragon bend in Beit fortress of departure, from Hanoi to the next Dragon city to go through Beit fortress, tell the driver off the ferry station in Beit walled three kilometers off, here is the hotel zone, 8 dollars can live on a nice sea-view room. Surrounded by a large number of seafood restaurant, or make the Renminbi, feeling really is close from the motherland. But feeling here of seafood do not, the price is not cheap, crab RMB 70 Yuan per kilogram, cake of 120 Yuan per kg of crab, crab $ 100 per kilogram, note: bought in to do before you have to mark on the crab to prevent an exodus of covertly we just bought a great for a small, ate a yabakui.

From the hotel area to cruise terminal there are a few kilometres, Mo's 10000 shields.

Around the terminal will have a lot of broker to sell to tourists and chartered cruise ships, the price is very high, and the package ships 8 hour sea tour per person to 30-40 dollars, say they are the cheapest price. Remember don't believe lobbying them. In the Terminal have special unified cruise Management Office, because there is no sign, it is difficult to find, here you can arrange tourist boat, together several people will start at the 4-hour tour and 8-hour tour, because at that time the weather clouds, personally think that the 4-hour is sufficient. All seven individuals a small vessel, each person is only paying 40000 shield ($ 20), and very cost-effective. In addition you will need to purchase the tickets under long curved 30000 shield (or foreign), as a world heritage site, the next Dragon curved tickets only 15 Yuan RMB is too cheap, just think of the world natural heritage Zhangjiajie, Jiuzhaigou, etc., which do not a hundred eighty. Because the entire month of February to the North from Viet Nam, China's Guangxi is the rainy season, the weather is not good for 4 hours at Guilin tour. Cruise ships to enter strange stone area after the first went to a cave, then turned in strange stone area laps, of which two were called "cock-rock stone" is the representative of the next long curved. I am feeling down long curved scenery than China, Guilin scenery. Do not blow past sea wind is also good.

Return path

In the drift of nearly a month, especially during the Viet Nam travel experience, makes me more was fleeing.

Return path and a smooth. First to worship the fortress of the terminal flower 500 rupiah take the ferry to Hong ji, long-distance station near the Hongji station, there are going to mount street coach, here are a bunch of Viet Nam have fooled once window clearly marked to mount Street fare is 42000 shield (21), but also before I buy a ticket, you can use the driver on the other hand, two person RMB 100 block, and I was dumbfounded, not yet, at this point the shield 42000 and over several Viet Nam people bangqiang, 42000 shield RMB 42 blocks, in respect both of you together integers to 100 pieces, I can't imagine they might think my IQ and they like low! I bother with these people more verbose, crowd directly into the station's Office looking for responsible, asked him how much exactly, the result of people inside obediently follow marked price to buy tickets.

From Hongji to mount Street takes about 5 hours, because when people set out the entire car was stuffed full of, serious overload.

Good condition, the roads are in good, is the road bends more, more, more dangerous slope. After numerous Alpine crossing, finally arrived in the evening, elongated street away from the bus stop at the port, shall play Mo's past. Learn Chinese in this popular, because the language barrier-free communication, Mo's drivers nor aroud, spend five bucks beat Mo's to the port of exit the building. Strange matter came again, into the immigration building actually want to buy tickets, passport, each person to turn the shield and 15000 money of strange moves. After entering the border control Hall in the check window handed passports and exit table (yellow, the guidance upon entry of the report, it is important to have entry and save with the Passport). Inside the border control officers hold my passport rummage, springing a sentence "health card?", my gosh, I really would like to ask: Dude, I'm going to have that thing? suddenly remembered when entering the Viet Nam customsForced to spend money to get a piece of paper, and now think of a view, the above English in black and white wrote: this quarantine station proves that the tourists when entering the Viet Nam is healthy, no infection any infectious disease recurrence on this!, health certificate, that kid shaking said no one wanted to pretend to be silly, one next to engage in cross-border trade in domestic compatriots reminded me to give the official "mean mean". A look at six o'clock in the evening the table quickly, seeing the country is coming but not back to the heart of a hurry, I sold the Chinese people spend money to small farmers awareness on disaster made out 20 Yuan handed that kid, he bought a pack of smokes, you elegant high lift! did not think that guy money to throw out a, piggy does not make me very angry, "no one person health certificate 100 block". I worried, with Chinese and English alternating said "don't be too greedy, received a 20-block on the line," this guy got my documents on one side, began to go through other people's departure clearance. My gas is broken, so loudly asked the guy why, if you do not let the clearance is also my passport. Immediately attracted numerous onlookers, this guy also did not think I would come to this resort, a bit at a loss. At that time I have been observing good terrain, frontier inspection window away from the door, out the door and the North-LUN River Bridge, the bridge is guarded, as long as the passport and customs clearance do not do it, they immediately rushed through cards, a few steps you through the middle of the bridge, past the midline is our great Motherland, look at that guy can make out what international disputes. Because of too many onlookers, that kid is a little quite still, began to give me and the companion's passport cover from the chapter, and handed out, and pointed me in the hands of the block of lines, it looks like 20 this guy wants money. I'm not saying all sorts, received the passport, 20 bucks do not give, turned and strode across the North, Allan River Bridge a few step across this line, heart Jello! finally returned to his native land!

In the port of immigration, Dongxing aside awaiting Customs seal, and border control Department pretty armed police lieutenant MM happily chat, tells in Viet Nam from the Office, and strongly urge the Chinese Frontier Inspection Department to collect each Viet Nam health check for $ 100.

The Lieutenant MM also reluctantly shook his head, said Viet Nam. Back feels better, indeed, the North Sea, Nanning cheaper, material greatly enriched, seafood and inexpensive, variety and more, straight to blame themselves why in Viet Nam under Dragon bend it places to eat seafood?!

Viet Nam travel comments

1. go to Viet Nam travel friends insist on in Viet Nam travel costs have a heart ready, don't take it for granted that Viet Nam was the poor countries, prices will be as cheap as China.

Also, go to Thailand friends not to quote the old, in my personal experience in various countries in Southeast Asia travel experience, travel costs for the new plus one of the most expensive (the only developed region), Thailand and the Philippines, the cheapest, and the like; and Viet Nam since prices exist for foreign visitors, making it eats, housing and consumer more expensive, almost on a par to Malaysia, some even more than big horse. But there is one thing, Viet Nam's long-distance passenger fee and attraction tickets prices much lower than the domestic. China's long-haul passenger fares are too high, the cost of the tourist attractions is the world's most expensive, than small Japan's also expensive. In Viet Nam to solve the problem of eating is the best way or go to the supermarket to buy food.

2. in addition to the characteristics of Saigon has France colonial and a unique style, Viet Nam's tourist attractions and the Chinese too similar, history, culture, food and customs background is very similar to that of the Chinese people, there is no need to specifically go there, is the way to look at.

But Viet Nam travel than China closer to the natural, artificial modification of little, mainly because they where still lags the wave of industrialization has not been swept into the country. I asked why some Western tourists to Viet Nam, their answer is for this reason. I asked them why not go to China. China landscape well ahead of Viet Nam, they replied that they'd like to, but not so in China, even in English, while less popular Viet Nam English, communication is not a problem. In addition these Westerners sick of intricate city, like the closer to nature. To be blunt, backward is also a kind of attraction. Our own country also came from that time, has been developed, it is not necessary to go back.

3. Viet Nam travel or have many advantages, such as 1, two small team tour is organized very well, unified price, reasonable, and no qike zaike phenomenon, nor does it occur forcing shopping, this is our country strong, and engaged in tourism services personnel are more honest, no messy huyou, service-aware than domestic.

But all the friction of Viet Nam, taxi problem is serious, widespread qike, zaike, so before using these means of transport must be of a good map, ask the distance. Viet Nam of urban public transport is difficult, especially in Hanoi, in English, it is difficult to Exchange, occupants nor passion; far and Thailand and Malaysia.

4. the use of Open bus tour, now having to superstition Sinh Café, to my personal experience, the company in addition to prices, service standards have declined, particularly undesirable phenomena, even car makes travelling overnight train very hard.

Now operating Open tour company, can choose a price for the company to take.

5. the next Dragon bending scenery is General, somehow mixed up world natural heritage.

Here there is almost no Western tourists; apart from the China Team, is Korea's farmers. And bending of the seafood under the Dragon not cheaper than the Guangxi, as in David or the Fangcheng eat enough, or again come back to Guangxi, then eat. If in case of bad weather, it is entirely possible to abandon the proposal under the Dragon bent directly from Hanoi, distance back via Liangshan, eliminating customs short extortion. Viet Nam's so-called monuments (what mausoleum Ah, Palace AH) completely do not need to go to see, just like a narrow version of China, in addition, if you have been to Angkor Wat, the United States than it would not be able to see the Valley may not hesitate to give up.

6. the mention of border extortion, is strongly recommended that you exit from the land boundary of compatriots strongly resist the evil practices, not eliminating fiscal disaster-free the mind, so that more fuel

The border officers of devious, now exit from Dongxing and Pingxiang, because there is no health card and blackmail money market has increased. It is strongly recommended that the Chinese Government to abolish health card system, or on Viet Nam citizens peer charging system. I walked over a country that has never been heard to health card.

PostScript

The South-East Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam four-nation tour lasted 29 days, with a total of two people travel together, the line is: Beijing → → → Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Macau → new → Peter → Malacca, Penang, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur → → → Siam material → Phnom Penh → → → NHA Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi an → hue → Hanoi → Dragon bending → mount Street → Dongxing → Beihai → Nanning → big new (de Tian waterfall) → jingxi (9th day Grand Canyon, goose, the old Länder) → Nanning → Beijing.

The total cost of the RMB per person 7600 element, as follows:

Visa: $ 690 (Viet Nam's visa most expensive); new plus Peter 2 days: $ 900; Malaysia 7 days: $ 1000; Cambodia 5 days: 9 days $ 1000 Viet Nam: 1300 Yuan; tickets: $ 1300; tickets $ 1000; and Guangxi consumption: 300 yuan.

Come back after a lot of friends I take so little surprised. I conclude that what some rule: (1) circuit design well, never go back. (2) buy cheap airline tickets cheapest. (3) avoid empty road in and out of Viet Nam and Cambodia in both countries, eliminating the costly tax and transport into and out of the airport. (4) use of public transport, despite the difficulties, but the effort was feasible. (5) in Cambodia, Vietnam travel, travel anterior to prepare food and water, do not buy the attractions, avoid hawkers slaughter. (6) full of Raiders find money-saving methods, two examples, go to the top of the large Ma package most cost-effective, and packages in non-holiday price is the cheapest, therefore to Genting choose the good old days, the most money. The second example, from Kuala Lumpur to the airport with fast and slow iron two lines, fares are 35 ringgit, but take the slow Fe Putra jaya and get off at the halfway out of the station, then buy a ticket at the price is only 16 ringgit, this trip can save RMB 80 million. In short, bake will have a lot of ways.

Another finding: Guangxi jingxi, rural scenery and fascinating, Guangxi people are very good, honest, passionate, and Viet Nam were stronger than I do not know how many times.