Yesterday in Phnom Phen started out with a disappointing visit to the Vietnamese Embassy where we learned that it would be closed for New Years until he 13th. Our Tuk Tuk driver saved the day and took us to a place where luckily we were able to have our passports sent out and get our visas after all. After that we went to a Khmer Rouge genocide museum. It was an old school that they had converted into a prison and torture center where they killed some 14,000-20,000 men, women, and children. Now it's a neatly groomed courtyard with frangipani trees, and yet another reminder of my good fortune. We spent the rest of the day eagerly wandering around the city awaiting our trip to Vietnam.
Today we arrived in Ho Chi Minh city and it is quite different than anywhere we have been yet. Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia reminded me a lot of a kind of Asian Mexico. Getting off the bus in this city today was like all of a sudden being dumped in Southern California. Very classy place. Tomorrow we head for Mui Ne for some ocean time, which now seems long overdue.
A stroke of luck - indeed! Pleased to read that you have arrived safely in Viet Nam and enjoyed reading your notes :-) Mom xo
ReplyDeleteCant wait too see pictures of the ocean!!! More ice falling from the sky here today ;) xoxo
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