Another early start this morning, breakfast opened 15 minutes earlier to compensate for the staggered starts of the three groups.
Our blue group was second off and our first stop was to Evergreen Island to visit a typical local home in this region. Much of the island is flooded at this time of the year and we were told that it was 700mm lower than this time last year.
The home we visited belonged to a man called Mr Nahm who lives there with several generations of his family. Interesting as it was I have my suspicions that Mr Nahm is not all as he seems because he does seem to appear on other cruise line itineraries as well.
We stayed for around 45 minutes before getting back into the boat and heading off to visit a mat weaving factory, again interesting as it appeared, it all appeared to be a bit of a front. There were machines working but not every section of the manufacturing process was being manned.
Next was the highlight of the day, we were taken by Rickshaw to a Silk weaving factory. The journey took around 10-15 minutes and it was quite a strange feeling being peddled along by a man who was at least 70 years old. Fair play to him because I doubt I will be able to do that if I reach that age.
The Silk Factory was once again not what was seemed. Three machines and a gift shop hardly constitutes a factory. It was however interesting to see and hear about the process.
Once we were finished there it was another Rickshaw ride to meet the tender boat back to the ship.
Back onboard we were almost immediately into lunch. The food has been first class and drinks fast flowing. It’s very difficult to gauge the quantity of wine you are consuming when your glass is constantly being topped up. Every meal time with the exception of breakfast I have come away feeling very happy!!
No tours in the afternoon as we crossed the border into Cambodia and there were certain formalities to be taken care of, thankfully APT were taking care of this for us.
So for the first time in days we had the opportunity to take it easy, Nicole decided it was a great chance to to go and have a deep tissue massage while I just lounged around enjoying some more beers.
The SIM card I purchased in Saigon will soon stop working so for a day or so it will be the ships Wi-Fi I will need to rely on. Fingers crossed it’s up to the job.
Interesting. I look forward to following your cruise.