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Ferry crossing

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For details of the places I visited in Vietnam along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, with GPS Coordinates, see my book Vietnam Caves.

For details on motorbiking in Vietnam and Cambodia, from buying and selling a motorbike, to border crossing, see my book Motorbiking Cambodia & Vietnam.

After my slight mistake with my visa scam, I finally manage to get a visa for Vientam, and off I go on my road trip.

Took a bus from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Ho Chi Min, Vietnam today. 6 hour ride, and the WiFi did not work, aahhh.

On the way we stopped twice for food (20 min only). There is no time to order food made to go, you basically have two options.

Option 1
Snack food on the bus ride from Phnom Penh to Saigon

More snack food on the bus ride form Phnom Penh to Saigon

Option two
Best snack food i could find on the bus ride from Phnom Penh to Saigon

I had enough adventure for one day, and went with option 2.

We also crossed the river with a ferry, first time for me on a ferry. So cool. Got out of the bus and was surrounded by locals trying to sell you stuff. Did buy a bottle of water. The little girl wanted 2000 riel, 50c. I only had 1200 on me, and her brother quickly said yes and gave me the water. (In Cambodia they go from 1000 to 6000 a bottle.) When I got on the bus, the Vietnamese guy I made friends with, laughed and said they cost 100 Riel in town. 🙁
Little girl bottom left of picture.

People selling stuff on the ferry. Cambodia.
Captain of the ferry, Cambodia

Looking down at the people selling on the ferry, Cambodia

Big ferry to take these buses, Cambodia.

Front shot from above of ferry, Cambodia

We made it almost to town, when the bus broke down. The bus company quickly got taxis to take us the last 20 min or so. We were supposed to be dropped off by the bus station, but instead the taxi dropped us off next to hotels, then waited outside. I went in, checked the prices and walked out. Checked the apps on my phone for a place I already wanted to stay in and walked to the taxi driver. Since I had no internet, I could not use the Expedia map function, and just showed the driver the saved address and asked how much to the place. $5, I thought it was a rip off, but since I did not know where the hotels was, I agreed.

He literally drove my one block further and stopped at the other hotel. Oh well. However, as luck would have it, the Main Street with many of the bike shops in, is the next road up, 450 feet from my hotel. So tomorrow I will be bike shopping.

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