The Cambodia Exposé ft Vietnam Tour 🇰🇭🇻🇳
My story happened on the year 2017, last 2 years ago
The flight was initially from Manila to Hanoi (Vietnam)
Going back to Manila, I booked from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Manila
This history occured for 5 days only
My experience in Hanoi was totally good
Hanoi is the so-called province of Vietnam
Having in mind “province” - it has the same notion with Philippine provinces where there are people not that plenteous and houses are a little bit distinct from the City houses
Food are inexpensive where there is buffet type or eat all you can style carinderia
Looking for a hotel were very friendly
Hotel owners are sleeping outside the hotel carrying a foldable bed with them
Hotel owners will ask every guest to hand them a copy of passport (Just let them take a picture of your passport, do not leave it to them)
Most Vietnamese have a hard time speaking in english
What I did is open the google translator and talked to the hotel owner via the translator and vis-a-vis
Malls are very far from the condominiums/hotels
You will need to take a ride of a car in order for you to reach the shopping center or its malls
We stayed there for two nights and a half day
Going to Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City is also known as Saigon, the latter being its former name
Ho Chi Minh is the City of Vietnam
Travelling by land from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh will took 38-54 hours ride
Due to time constraint, I decided to took a ride of a plane ✈️ instead which will only took 2 hours flight via VietJet Air
The cost of this local flight was expensive
I did not show my passport at the immigration because I took domestic flight only
My Ho Chi Minh experience was truly remarkable
Through their historical places, historical attractions, museums, et al, you can learn a lot of things that can answer your hows and whys with regards to Vietnam culture ~ Just discover it on your own
My flight going back to Manila was nearly approaching me, so even if I still want to stay in Ho Chi Minh, I cannot. ~ Dahil hindi lahat ng gusto mo makukuha mo ika nga ni Bea sa The Mistress the movie 🎥 huhu
Going to Siem Reap I rode a sleeping bus
Travelling from Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap by land took me 6-7 hours
The sleeping bus is literally a bus to sleep, the only thing I can do is to lay down only, I cannot sit nor stand for that 6-7 hours ride
Such experience was tough for me, as a tourist I want to see the view of every place I am into
I pass through the Border Crossing gate of Vietnam and Cambodia
While we passengers are asleep, the driver and conductor shouted saying “WAKE UP WAKE UP”, “PREPARE YOUR PASSPORT”, “GO DOWN”
At the immigration, I showed my passport to the officer with a sleepy face
An officer did not stamped my passport
Yet, he only gave me a ticket evidencing an ingress to Kingdom of Cambodia
After the sleeping bus experience, there is another 3 hours drive riding a van going to Angkor Wat and near the Siem Reap airport
Finally, entered the famous Angkor Wat
I entered to Angkor Wat without changing clothes and without shower because I am really in a hurry
After the Angkor Wat walk, I went to the airport in rush
BUT, in the immigration, the officer hold me
He told me that I violated their law regarding the 24 hours stay in Cambodia, because I stayed for less than 24hours only
They asked me to stay until tomorrow but I refused, I dont want to buy another flight ticket
Ive talked to the officer privately and at first I dont know what he is pointing out
Until he said “I help you, you help me”, which meant I will give them money in order for me to pass through the immigration
He said, “put the money here” (referring to the middle of the notebook), then go
Travel Tips to Cambodia and Vietnam
Stay for more than 5 days
P.S This is just my story. We have a different story.
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