Coming in to HO CHI MINH CITY from CAMBODIA was a pretty EASY BUS RIDE and the BORDER CHECK was rather quick. After staying in the city a couple of days and exploring the MEKONG DELTA we moved on towards the north. Altogether it was about a month and we ate so many delicious new food, the COUNTRYSIDE IS SO DIVERSE that you almost forget what you have all seen when you come to the end. From BIG TOWNS with GREAT HISTRORY to BEACHES, JUNGLES, RICE FIELDS and LIMESTONE ISLANDS. It´s more developed and more expensive than Cambodia, but still relatively cheap. There are also, much more tourists here. We had some inconveniences with the locals trying to get money out of us, at times being also quite persistent and even AGGRESSIVE. And the officials often did not not know important information. And again, there was the “CROSSING THE ROAD” problem, but it did seem a bit more organized than in Phnom Penh for instance. We successfully escaped all the Buzz and Fuss and spend a few great days in the NINH BINH area, cycling around the fields and enjoying the nature.
