Today we joined a cheap tour to travel up the Mekong as far as Can Tho. We had planned to get there on our own as per normal but found a tour for $17 each that would take us to all the sights we wanted to go to and get us to our destination cheaply. On the way we talked to the tour guide re our continuing plans so as to get some advice. Only to be told that as I was an "uptown girl"' & Mike was an "uptown boy" and we were obviously "not backpacker"s that we were basically out of our depth and we would find it "too complicated" to travel on our own! You can imagine how insulted we were! Vietnam is a breeze to travel in compared to other countries we have done on our own!
We had a lovely trip up the Mekong until after lunch when we found out they had changed boats on us, but assured us our luggage had been transferred. However one of our bags was missing, thanks to mobile phones we finally got to collect it from the office in the next town we stopped at.
They drive their boats the same as they do the vehicles on the road - with gay abandon.....so it was that we rounded a corner and coming straight for us was a much larger boat. It was obvious we were going to hit I grabbed Mike's arm for support as we watched it unfold in slow motion. Crash straight into the bow of the boat (Mike said later he thought it was going to go straight through and take the front of the boat off). There was a smashed upright beam and a caved in side (right next to our suitcases) - they leaned over the side, had a giggle and we moved on.
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