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Last stretches of red packed cambodian dirt roads today, through the salt fields around Kep. Looks just like rice paddies except they are filled with salt water slowly vaporating until only piles of white salt remain. Nice views to end our month in cambodia.
Border crossing itself is a really minor experience ;-)...the dirt road suddenly is blocked by a really basic barrier, bike along it, get a cambodia check out stamp, bike about 200m in no-mansland (gamble ville! Ha Tien Casino :-)) Vietnam may be commi, but not if there are dollars involved. Anyway, then get a check-in vietnam stamp, where some borderdude takes your temperature & tries to ask you for a dollah...pfff; right, I've been on the asian road already too long for that crap. Take the passport, just walk away to the guy with the stamp (who didn't want an extra dollah :-) btw) Only pay for something you really need, ha. So Line then just skipped the first booth and went straight to the second.
Enter Vietnam, asfalt, no red dirt! Lets see if this will continue for the rest of the trip...Ha Tien, a nice, little town along the coast with a lot of hotels. Really, a lot! So we found a 10usd, new room with all the extras (warm water, cable tv, fridge). Sweet. Walked around town, learned to count in vietnamese, ate our first pho's (noodle soup) & saigon beer! Tasty stuff, all of it. Vietnam day 1, we like it. On to the others.
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Last stretches of red packed cambodian dirt roads today, through the salt fields around Kep. Looks just like rice paddies except they are filled with salt water slowly vaporating until only piles of white salt remain. Nice views to end our month in cambodia.Border crossing itself is a really minor experience ;-)...the dirt road suddenly is blocked by a really basic barrier, bike along it, get a cambodia check out stamp, bike about 200m in no-mansland (gamble ville! Ha Tien Casino :-)) Vietnam may be commi, but not if there are dollars involved. Anyway, then get a check-in vietnam stamp, where some borderdude takes your temperature & tries to ask you for a dollah...pfff; right, I've been on the asian road already too long for that crap. Take the passport, just walk away to the guy with the stamp (who didn't want an extra dollah :-) btw) Only pay for something you really need, ha. So Line then just skipped the first booth and went straight to the second.
Enter Vietnam, asfalt, no red dirt! Lets see if this will continue for the rest of the trip...Ha Tien, a nice, little town along the coast with a lot of hotels. Really, a lot! So we found a 10usd, new room with all the extras (warm water, cable tv, fridge). Sweet. Walked around town, learned to count in vietnamese, ate our first pho's (noodle soup) & saigon beer! Tasty stuff, all of it. Vietnam day 1, we like it. On to the others.
Hey lustige reizigers,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVietnam ziet er veel belovend uit, ik kijk al uit naar jullie avonturen daar. Cambodia was blijkbaar een aanrader en hopelijk zet zich dit verder. En u niet laten afzetten he Ardan.
Nog melden dat het etentje ook een tractatie van Femke en Matti was.Tot de volgende
Knuf mams Mieke
Can Tho & Ben Tre schiereilanden, zeer vet qua fietsen + volledig andere cuisine als de rest van l'asie sud-est
BeantwoordenVerwijderenCanTho, BenTre, TraVihn...here we come. Vandaag nog in Rach Gia, morgen avond zijn we in Can Tho.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHey Lustige Reizigers,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVietnam ziet er erg modern uit, althans deze stad.
Op naar nieuwe ontdekkingen! Kussen, Mama Chantal