Southbound (eight)-Mekong

October 7, 2003 Saigon Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)

At seven in the morning, to TM Brother collection, and eight foreigners take a van to the Mekong (Mekong River).

The guide is a triad temperament of 50-year-old former southern Vietnam Veterans, the black black trousers, a face of vicissitudes, whose name was Near. He has served in the Vietnam war United States Navy during the term of translation, help fight the CPV. Vietnam after the war they who was sent to labour camps accept the modification, the higher the rank, the longer the detention for up to as much as 15 years. He was off 4 years. Today, he guided tour for a living, a son and a daughter, son, daughter of the ex-wife is currently Japan Japan born, his wife, his wife was his visitors, attracted by his charm and marry.

Near the way of life, Viet Nam introduced very fascinating.

Such as Viet Nam girl after 25 years of age are not married will have to find 40 years divorced widowed old man (maybe the country!); men and women to stay at the hotel have a marriage certificate (and China were of the same car! couple couples asked whether Sweden also applies to foreign nationals); Viet Nam boy, girl, girls, if invited to eat the meal for two people to do couples, doesn't seem to make the process of dragging (or should be the country!); Viet Nam girl before marriage never even take drag and confessed her boyfriend, fearing that once separated lossy honorary (necessarily country!); Viet Nam mother greatest glory was to use the daughter married, daughter day never married, mother day face Matt (this was possible because Viet Nam man too little!).

With the car a couple India old couple, wearing traditional clothing India; the old man is a Professor, a grey hair, like Einstein.

His plan is the only remaining four socialist countries see, now only the Chinese, that is his target next year.

Car travel for over an hour (half-way to stop about 20 minutes), arrived at the Mekong River in a boat pier.

And Jessie with US $ 1 each bought a Viet Nam's unique Spire cloak put on, looks like it! Very spacious, the Mekong River water turbidity. We take the boat is not large, narrow, placed two rows of wooden chair, a small channel in the middle of the ceiling can take-off and landing, in the narrow tributaries running small must-see, encountered the ceiling winches, passengers also follow incubative lap.

We have gone to four small island, in the first island to see Viet Nam children singing and dancing, there are fruit meal delivery; the second Island to visit making coconut sugar workshop, you can try to eat, new fresh coconut sugar breakfast, very sweet, of course, there is a product for sale; the third Island lunch, not so full; the fourth island drank honey tea, each person can also be directly by hand from the Beehive with original taste of honey and eat! have canned honey sold.

The Mekong tour let us most excited, favourite is the transfer to a smaller boat (seats 4, 5) walk through the dense jungle, feel the same and that the Committee of the American troops in black helicopters.

The bow of the stern, a aunt pillared pulp, silence at our four people dance. The thick branches along the River to River Center jagged stretch from time to time, we need to hide from the head in front of the ocean is in the "arm"; sky sometimes broad and sometimes narrow, sunlight scattered between from branches and leaves, surrounded by the serene, I just hope this river to extend more longer and longer.

It's time to return, we return to the pier, where soldiers in two ways.

Participate in the tour of the sit van back to Saigon, tour followed Near continue following journey.

Twilight into Saigon, world rain, when rush, traffic chaos.

Back to the hotel, we discuss three girls at a luxury, to eat a big meal of France.

Saigon was France's colonial, here is the famous France cuisine. Johnny distressed wallet, unwilling to join, go to bed at home, rather than desperate. We took a taxi to the Sheraton Hotel (Add: 88 Dong Khoi St.), the comparison of the ocean along the street party, many beautiful and upscale small shops. Sheraton Hotel to recommend a nearby France restaurant, Beijing Road, where one is looking for a meal of Hong Kong people Dempster, willing to join us.

The France restaurant named "CAMARGUE/VASCO ' s Bar" (Add: 16 Cao Ba Quat, Dist.1), there is a bar, on the first floor second floor is the restaurant there are billiard room, the ambience is very good.

Dempster is a multinational, regional sales manager for the first time to Viet Nam travel, and the customer only meal cancel out foraging, alone. We encountered, I do not know is his luck was our luck!

It has dishes each point, also opened a bottle of red wine Chile, Jessie on this promising young people who are interested in, through chat, have a lot of other people's background information, taking advantage of the Dempster to toilet, Eva and I smile to her grasp opportunities, she died that he had the idea to now are! Check out US $ 121 $, Dempster paid account, we chieftains with AA, he refused, saying that can be reimbursed.

We offer sit, went to the bar the night before achun gave me wrote a famous bar Sai's name (Sach Thi Apotulipnao on St., names like misspell), we call a taxi, the driver of a note to achun, next to the driver to open the street yet two step, he said that! The bad guy, so close he was to do business!

The bar is famous is because most of the guests are foreigners (in addition to miss and local Slacker).

Eva and I went to the dance floor to dance, to Jessie and Dempster manufacturing opportunities. The atmosphere was very lively dance floor, but I felt harmony not entered,And those of local girl glamour and sexy, I wear too not fashion.

The adventures of late and Dempster is Viet Nam tour dropped the biggest pie! Fortunately, Johnny has not kept pace with, or no free dinner, no free beer!

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