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At Vietnam's TunleMekong entry border.

The Road Less Travelled

Danyael Halprin - dhalprin [350]

The driver of our longtail boat cut the engine, pointed at our backpacks and then at the building 50 metres ahead. Cambodia's exit border, we presumed. Hesitantly, we stepped into knee-deep muddy...

Destinations: Cambodia | Vietnam | Chau Doc | Mekong River
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Women & Travel
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Le Cocochine Cruise on Mekong river Le Cocochine cruise - Mekong river delta Vietnam Le Cochinchine cruise - Mekong Delta, Vietnam No one likes to get their feet wet! Border control dogs try to keep their feet dry at the passport control office. Three's a crowd! Desperate to escape the blazing sun, we squeeze into the hut in the middle of the boat. Seeking shelter from the fireball sun on the open waters of the Mekong River. South African Bradley Goodman in sunglasses, Canadians Roman Verbuck and Danyael Halprin all squeeze into the triangular hut in the middle of the boat on the two-hour ride-the last leg of the journey. At Vietnam's TunleMekong entry border. Cows lie on either side of the road, creating something of a reception line for our passing entourage. Within minutes of leaving Phnom Penh, we were in the Cambodian countryside. Seated high atop a motorized wagon, we were fascinated by our surroundings -wooden shacks, rice fields, cows... The first leg of the journey had come to an end. The road to Saigon now looks longingly at its other half 100 metres away. The great floods of fall 2000 washed away many of Cambodia's roads and bridges. The main road had fallen off into the river and was separated from its better half. Wading through floodwater, we receive our exit stamp from the Cambodian exit border. The Mekong had flowed into the border control offices so we had to trudge through murky waters to the Cambodian exit border. Jacqui Wilton from New Zealand is in the foreground, Bradley Goodman from South Africa just in front of her and Canadian Roman Verbuck waits near the boat. The border guards find an innovative way to deal with their flooded offices. The river had flowed into the border complex so the Cambodian guards relocated themselves to docks in the middle of the river. They took some time out of their card game to look at our passports.
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Le Cocochine Cruise on Mekong river

Le Cochinchine Cruise For Discovering Mekong Delta Vietnam From Angkor

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A cruise along Mekong delta from Saigon to Angkor is immensely practical for the traveler as it makes it possible to connect three important destinations on one trip with easy plane connections at...

Destinations: Vinh Long | Ho Chi Minh City | Mekong Delta | My Tho | Vietnam | Chau Doc | Can Tho | Kien Giang | Lancang-Mekong River
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