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An epic 13 hour journey on a sleeper bus which included crossing the border into Vietnam in Chau Doc ended in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon to the locals). Our hotel was to be Minh Chau an little gem of a hotel with a very impressive host, having graduated with a masters she designed and built her hotel and is current putting her 3 children through university 2 in America and 1 in China at huge cost. When the last one is finished she's retiring and heading around the world herself. She was gracious and charming, booking us a 2 day tour of the Mekong Delta and giving us a wealth of knowledge on being a tourist in Vietnam. Tired from the journey and with the monsoon rain hammering down we decided the amazing roof top terrace would be our home for the evening and a chance encounter with a gentleman from Chang Mai in Thailand landed us with a tour guide for the region when we arrived in a few short weeks as well as contacts of his fiends in Northern Vietnam. Early to bed, the Mekong delta awaits in the morning....
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