The bus to Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon) was, thankfully, uneventful and we arrived, found a room and had just enough time to arrange a 3 day tour through the Mekong Delta for the next day.
We were getting the boat across the border to Cambodia so we chose the tour which included the crossing and a trip up the Mekong to finish in Phnom Penh.
The tour was pleasant, with highlights including a leisurely punt through the narrow waterways of the Delta, tropical fruit tasting, coconut candy sweets (often the food is a major factor in enjoyment!) and a small rowboat complete with cheeky Vietnamese child.
The 'slowboat' to Cambodia lived up to its name and we arrived early evening at a hotel in Phnom Penh arranged by the tour operator, Sinh Cafe, unaware of the problems that this 'Sinh Cafe Hotel' was gong to cause us.
