Good Morning Vietnam

After practically a week of no sleep at monkey and another trip back to Phanom Phen I was up early to catch the bus, to catch the boat to Vietnam.
I was comatose in the bus when the nice little Khmer man had to shake me awake. He bundled me and my now very expanding back pack, on to the back of a bicycle and I was wheeled off through a market and off down some side streets.
If I had any sanity and was remotely awake I may have wondered or been slightly concerned for my safety. But alas I was finding it too hard just to keep my eyes open. If I was being kidnapped than at least I could lay in a dark space and get some sleep.
All was okay though. I was being led to the boat that was taking us down the Mekong to the Cambodia Vietnam border.
scaling down the side of a hill like a mountain goat I reached the boat, limbs in tact, and proceeded to sleep again. Only to be interrupted again by some guy,who I couldn't understand, explaining what was to happen re passports, immigration,bla bla bla... Yeah yeah. Sort that out when I get there.
Sleep Sleep Sleep.
We arrived at the No mans land border control and all things were simple. Stamp, check, stamp, check.. The only thing that concerned me was every time someone looked at my passport they double checked and then confirmed with someone it was me..See the down side of being a hairdresser. I'm blonde in my photo and this always causes some kind of concern.
no problem. Now we are off to quarantine. We had to pay a quarantine fee to say we were healthy and could enter the country. The amusing thing is that the man issuing the stamps and receipts didn't even look up when he did so. Lucky cause overnight I had developed a second head and may not have been able to enter the country!! Unbelievable really!!
The boat trip down the river was beautiful and I appreciated seeing the life of the local people from a serene atmosphere. Watching people as they went along their daily routine, listening to the swishing sounds of the water and the roar of the boat engine. It all made me appreciate where I was and the reasons why. Even if I had the privilege to see little bottoms sticking out of the reeds doing their daily business. It made me laugh.
7 hours later we arrived in Chau Doc......