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These are entries from my travel journal from www.travelbog.org.
They are descriptions/stories of my trip from Hanoi, Vietnam to Phi Phi Island, Thailand from April 2005 to May 2005.

LZ - Cambodia - April 25th 2005

Lt.col.lewin
2006-01-02 03:43:46

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get the wrong impression here, their methods are a stark contrast to the bozo's in Vegas who flick their porn advertisements at you. In addition, they are not offering sex, but rather great massages that everyone should experience. Their amazing use of their feet to crack your spine and neck is well worth the $15 per hour full body massage. Needless to say, I'm a big fan and highly recommend it next time your in Vietnam...ha!

Back to the boat trip....
As we cruised up the Mekong, the sampans and small VC transports were left bobbing against our waves as we motored up river. If it weren't for my flashbacks from my swiftboat days and fear of VC waiting to pounce on us with rocket launchers around the next bend, I would have enjoyed the trip a bit more. We passed several shanti towns, homes made of sheet metal sitting on stilts, that reached into the river. We also got to see some of the new government sponsored palacial homes, sometimes within 100 yards of the shanti towns. Lots of building going on in many places along the river and all around Vietnam.
We disembarked from the boat after about an hour. The island we had arrived to was one of the larger islands in the Mekong called Cuu Long, "Night Dragon." Here is where we took a smaller, much less stable, boat through some very tight canals. We ended up at a place where they make fresh coconut candy. Yum! They also had a few unique things at this tiny home/factory. For one, a large reticulated python was available to hold for pictures. Of course, I had to have one with the beauty. There was also a honey tasting where they had offered us to taste some honey that would come straight from the bees nest. A nest that was covered with it's inhabitants. At first, everyone had said, no freakin' way, in whatever language they spoke. Snakes were one thing, but a swarm of bees protecting their nest...I think not. However, the gal holding the bee hive was ...