Beach days

26/09/11
Another early start today as we made our way down to the coast. Our destination is Sihanoukville, a quiet little town that hugs onto the hills around here. The landscape has completely changed from the flat rice paddies we have constantly seen since entering Cambodia. Now hills rise up all around us and the flood water that has blighted our trip so far is no longer an issue. On arrival we head straight down to the beach were we are immediately swarmed by kids who want to be our new best friends so we will buy handmade bracelets directly from them. We dive into a bar to try and get rid of them but of course we are followed so in the end I ended buying some just so I wouldn’t be hassled again. After quick bites to eat we hurriedly dive in to the sea and enjoy the waves, it's a bit of a shock to discover just how warm the sea is here. In the evening we head but down to the beach to try some BBQ food, and then the madness begin as bucket drinks are passed around. Some end up skinny dipping in the sea while I’m left at the bar to DJ.

27/09/11
The next day we have a boat trip planned for the morning but the weather has other ideas. Early that morning we are hit by heavy topical showers which are to last the whole day. Watching the news it becomes clear we are on the outskirts of a typhoon that is about to hit North Vietnam over the coming days, not a good sign when we are due to leave Cambodia tomorrow morning to head to Nam. With the boat trip cancelled the day is spent bumming round.

28/09/11
This morning we jumped into Minibuses to make our way to the Vietnam border. It seems a shame to leave Cambodia after only spending six days there. It is a lovely little country full of friendly and polite people. We eventually arrived at the border-crossing which is just a series of shacks on a causeway, not as vast as the one we used to cross into Cambodia. We quickly pass through to enter Vietnam; once again it immediately looks and feels different to where we have been. After a quick bus journey we arrive at our hotel in Chau Doc, a quiet little town located in the Mekong Delta. We have two trips planned for today. First a boat trip through the floating houses that belong to the fishermen here before we jump on the back of some scooters to be transport up the top of Sam Mountain to watch the sunset over the Delta. Tomorrow we make our way to Saigon.