Fast Tracking

Sorry about the last entry--somehow the last part of it got deleted and the entry got posted out of order, I didn't notice it till now. So to recap the part that got cut off:

In Mui Ne we found a great guesthouse right on the beach so we could fall asleep to the sound of the waves and stuff ourselves with more delicious seafood! We rented a motorbike to ride out to the red dunes nearby and went dune sledding with a group of Vietnamese boys. On Sunday afternoon we took the bus to Ho Chi Minh City--the noise and the fast pace of the city was a bit of a shock after the beach, but enjoyable in its own way. We visited the War Remnants museum there--well done, but full of disturbing and depressing images.

We booked one more tour through Sinh Cafe, this time a two day tour through the Mekong Delta that would take us all the way across the border and to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Again, we enjoyed being able to relax and have everything taken care of for us, while getting to see and learn things about the area that we probably wouldn't have on our own. The border crossing was painless and after a bumpy, but thankfully quick bus ride, we arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday evening. Unfortunately, it seems that the big tour company here, Capitol, doesn't quite live up to its Vietnamese counterpart. We got dropped off at their office/restaurant/guesthouse and weren't impressed by their pushy yet indifferent attitude. We decided to pass on the prison cell-like rooms there and instead headed over to the lake area that has a much nicer, more relaxed atmosphere. We'll probably spend a day or two here and then head over to Siem Reap for a quick look at Angkor Wat before making it back to Bangkok for our flight to Australia next week.