The next morning after our Saigon festivities, we were punished swiftly and promptly by a 7am wake-up call. We were leaving on a 2-day Mekong Delta cruise that would lead us out of Vietnam to Cambodia via the mighty river.
Day 1: No pictures of us exist from the first day. We did not look cute and we had to save our strength for getting out of the bus and into the right boat.
Still, I took a pic or two of life on the river; the white circles are spring roll noodles drying in the sun, and you can see how people live in boats and buildings on the Mekong.
Day 2: Sleep did us good!
Rowers picked us up at the dock early in the am.
lThey rowed us for about an hour along the Mekong, and then took us to a Cham (a Vietnamese/Muslim minority group) village where we met some of the kids.
The rest of the day we were on a "cruise" - aka a ride on the noisiest, jankiest boat ever.
Yes, we were quite shiny on the boat.
We disembarked for a few minutes to officially cross into Cambodia. Festive border crossing alert!
Our border agent kept on looking over his shoulder at the movie playing behind him, so we entered Cambodia without hassle. On to Phnom Penh!
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