There is so much I don't understand about this country. How it can be so wealthy and Communist. How it can be so delightful and corrupt. How people can have so much money and others are living in crippling poverty. The face it gives out to the world, but the repression and lack of freedom is obvious. You do not speak out or oppose the government. We noticed that all foreign News is about seven minutes later on the TV so they have time to censure it if they think necessary.
We have seen it from all sides, it's amazing history ancient and not so long ago history, countryside and cities. Friendly people and grumpy old ladies and have ?loved all of it despite the weather.
Some last minute pictures
So we are nearly at the end of our time in Vietnam and time to go to a new country. Both Excited and a little apprehensive about Cambodia. It's recent history hanging there sadly.
We were picked up at the hotel promptly at noon and ferried all of two hundred yards down the road to the posh Renaissance Hotel for check in. And then a coach for an hour and a half to the boat. The average age is about seventy five and a real mix of Brits, French, German, Swiss and Dutch.
We were at the boat by two and off down the river right away. Since then we have been up at 6.45 every morning for trips and fed humongous amounts of food three times a day. The gang planks are starting to bend every time we go ashore!
Our boat The Jayavarman.
The trips on shore have been low key visiting the villages and temples along the way. And we realised right away that that we couldn't have managed to do the things we have done if we had travelled any other way. We have really been pretty remote at times.
We've met some great people on the boat and ashore, and the staff are just wonderful. So good time had all the way. I will do each day after this.
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