…while it’s now officially called Ho Chi Min City, the Vietnamese people call downtown HCM still Saigon, which makes total sense, as HCM is incredibly huge (about 8 million people). I found this out right at the beginning: In the minibus from Can Tho I met this girl from Belgium. When we arrived at the bus station she looked into her guide book and determined that the street with all the backpacker hotels isn’t too far away and that she’s going to walk there. I didn’t mind saving money and joined her. So we started …Read More
The reason, why I went to Can Tho, is that it is famous for it’s floating markets. I arrived in the late afternoon and before I even finished checking into my guesthouse, a guy tried to sell me his floating markets tour. He was a nice guy, but it sounded all a bit expensive, so I told him I had to think about it and I would get back to him later. I thought I would probably find a cheaper offer, if I ask someone with a boat directly… So I started walking into the …Read More
Chau Doc is a small city in the Mekong Delta, famous for it’s floating village and a mountain nearby. I arrived shortly after lunch time, so the first thing I did, was to get something to eat. Afterwards I packed my dirty cloth together and went looking for a laundry service outside of the hotel, as their service was to expensive for me. So, there I was, walking through the streets with my bag of dirty cloth, when a guy came and tried to talk me into talking a boat trip with him to the …Read More
The bus from Cambodia to Vietnam was pretty expensive, compared to the time of driving (20$ for a journey of about 5$). But at least the roads were in good conditions… At the big international boarder crossing we had to switch the bus, as the cambodian driver didn’t have a license for his bus (I really don’t know what I paid all that money for).
After about another hour we arrived in Ha Tien. Most people use this town only as transit station to a nearby island, but as I spend enough time …Read More
Sihanoukville is the main beach city in Cambodia, so I spent most of the time relaxing on the various beaches. Unfortunately, as it turned out, I stayed at the wrong site of the city. While the beach next door itself wasn’t too bad, it was pretty lonely. The main beach, were most of the people and all the backpackers went, was on the other side of city, about a 1h walk away. Cheap as I am, I walked most of the time, also sometimes I took the motorbike back for 1$…
The first time I arrived …Read More