Following in the footsteps of Terry from Ohio

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Having been inspired by Terry and his mega posts and photos we are now about to depart the Saigon Sofitel and spend the next week on the MV Prestige II on the Mekong.

 

Photos and reports to follow....

[Rebel54]

Safe travels.

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An interesting visit to the tunnels to hear all about the aggressor Americans (😂)

 

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And goodbye to the inflatable yellow pig

 

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Out on the river

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Python time

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61 guests, mostly English and American, and 10 Germans. The Cruise Director is Belgium.

 

The WiFi is Guest WiFi is pretty non existent, no chance of connecting to anything useful.

 

The vessel is quite nice, with friendly staff, and to go with the 5 different groups onboard we have three local Vietnamese guides.

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Yesterday after failing to connect we were allowed to use a second WiFi system that is a little more reliable, but only works just outside Reception, and better when moored. So basic posting will now work but photos are a challenge.

 

Today we have disembarked our three Vietnamese guides after visiting Tan Chau and are travelling up river and through the Cambodian border, on our way to Phnom Phen.

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After a 4 hour wait on the river at the border we are now cleared to proceed upriver and have embarked a couple of Cambodian police who will carry out a face to face inspection at 8am tomorrow morning.

[jpalbny]

Enjoying your report, Silver. Hope the WiFi picks up again and you can post more pictures. This is a place we haven't visited but want to.

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Sailing into Phnom Penh

 

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A very interesting first day in Phnom Penh, a visit to the Royal Palace, the National Museum and then the central market this morning and this afternoon to S21, the Genocide Museum and met two survivors.

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The WiFi is better this morning as most guests are off the ship.

 

River sunset

 

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Our sister ship Prestige I

 

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Phnom Pehn highrise

 

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Visit to S21 Tuol Sleng

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One of only 10 out of 2000+ to survive S21

 

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Eat your heart out Uber

 

[jpalbny]

Wow, that sunset is beautiful! Glad you got some bandwidth to post.

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22 minutes ago, jpalbny said:

Wow, that sunset is beautiful! Glad you got some bandwidth to post.

Cheers JP, I decided to have a morning off, so there is myself, one lady with a dicky tummy and the crew onboard. We have all the bandwidth to ourselves!

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An oasis of calm in the midst of traffic chaos

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Cambodian immigration check

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Finally arrived in Siem Reap, and at last have some internet.