Hey Followers, this is a very sad time for us as this will be our last post together for a while, we have traveled through Phnom Penh and across the border into Vietnam and have spent the last 2 days in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
In Cambodia, we went to the Genocide Center which details the horrific events under the Khmer Rouge taking place in the 1970s in which Cambodia lost 3 million people to genocide.
The memorial had a very good audio tour, but a lot of it was very hard and chilling to see.
Next, we went to the National Museum of Cambodia which houses ancient art from Angkor Wat and the surrounding area.
It also had a beautiful garden.
Potentially dangerous power lines in Cambodia??
These signs are all over Cambodia.
After the museum, we went to the riverfront for dinner.
yep.... things got a little weird
Also on the riverfront, groups gather for fitness aerobics classes led by an instructor and complete with music.
After dinner, Ash and I decided to do a boat cruise to check out the sunset on the city skyline. We agreed on a price of $20 USD for one hour of cruising. Little did we know we were the only ones on the boat!
... Essentially we chartered a boat without realizing it.
The next morning we took an early bus into Vietnam!
We passed this on the way into Vietnam, not sure what actually happens here.
We thought the motorbike traffic was chaotic in other countries... but in Ho Chi Mihn it is insane!
We headed for a day tour of the Mekong Delta. Ash is snoozing at a rest stop.
Ash with some of the river boats at the Delta.
On this part of the Mekong there is a Wholesaler floating market. Bigger boats load up with products and raise these bamboo sticks to indicate that they are selling. Then smaller boats come and buy the products to sell in their retail shops.
We pulled up onto an island and learned how some traditional Vietnam candies were made. Above is our tour guide showing us how coconut candies are made.
After the meat of the coconut is scraped out, it is pressed free of all the milk.
A mixture of 80% coconut and 20% malt is mixed together
Then it is turned to a taffy type consistency, cut up, and wrapped in a layer of rice paper and candy paper. Yummy!!!!
This is a pot containing the mixings for ginger flavoring put onto freshly popped rice cakes.
Rice Cakes being packaged! Also delicious.
What? A Vietnamese style ball cap. That's what.
Beautiful art work at the market next store.
After traveling down the stream a bit more, we move of the large boat into smaller rowing boats because we were entering canals that were too shallow.
The old women rowing us was a power house.
For lunch- A very large fried catfish from the river. A whole fish complete with teeth.
And this is how you roll it into spring rolls!
And a surprise lunch guest...
A very very very large snake.
The time has come for me to head home to America, leaving Ash to explore the rest of Vietnam with our friend Joe. Tomorrow will be a hard day separating at the airport, but our travels have been incredible and I am so thankful I got to share them with Ash. I already miss you.
Jackie & Ash
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