Holiday Inn Cambodia/Good Morning Vietnam!
Posted March 27, 2003 @ 6:06am
Lunatic Fringe (I know you're out there...)Greetings from Ho Chi Minh City!After 4 days we've made it from Phenom Penh (andcompleted our trek across Cambodia) to Saigon. Thismorning we crossed the Cambo-Viet Nam border atBavat/Moc Bai with no problems, exchanged ourCambodian Riel (4000=$1us) for Vietnamese DONG!(15,000=$1us), and we are enjoying the soothing, slowburn of "Courson-Finest Old Whisky" as we wereunsuccessful in locating our much-loved Jim Beam...Cambodia: what an incredible adventure. Naturally,we've been firing off the photos like mad, but if Itry to wrap my head around all of the images we'veseen, I'm fairly certain the top of my skull wouldexplode in a crimson splendor of cerebral fluid. Justtoo bizarre, and yet extremely beautiful, and poignantin its own way. Very desolate, very poor, yet thepeople so proud, so genuine and friendly. They comportthemselves with such grace. Truly humbling, andsomehow, sandwiched between the...