Phnom Penh -> Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
This time the travel day was fairly enjoyable. The coach had plush leather seats, which were huge! Leg room was actually room, and the seats were so wide only three fitted width-ways. Finally, something in SE Asia not made specifically for the build of average SE Asian people. Also, more enjoyable (or less un-enjoyable) was the entertainment. So far the films on the buses have been Chinese, loud and very gruesome - all of them would certainly be rated 18+ in the UK. Scenes of slicing limbs off, spraying hot oil, crushing and torture were fairly normal. The worst bit that I caught was a live male being fed foot-first into a mincing machine. Plenty of camera flicks to the 'mince' appearing from the machine, and when they got to the head (he was still alive) they apparently got bored and so ripped it off for a great shot of the inside of the head. Yum.
Saigon - many many many many motorbikes. The drivers and passengers here do wear helmets though, which is great. Thankfully there are no tuk-tuks around, which means I no longer have to walk along consistently shaking my head to the words "Tuk-tuk lady? You want tuk-tuk? 1 dollar?".
Photo exhibition to do with the Vietnam war: Agent orange. I feel extremely uninformed and am off to read up on this.
Photo count: 1479 - time for a cull
This time the travel day was fairly enjoyable. The coach had plush leather seats, which were huge! Leg room was actually room, and the seats were so wide only three fitted width-ways. Finally, something in SE Asia not made specifically for the build of average SE Asian people. Also, more enjoyable (or less un-enjoyable) was the entertainment. So far the films on the buses have been Chinese, loud and very gruesome - all of them would certainly be rated 18+ in the UK. Scenes of slicing limbs off, spraying hot oil, crushing and torture were fairly normal. The worst bit that I caught was a live male being fed foot-first into a mincing machine. Plenty of camera flicks to the 'mince' appearing from the machine, and when they got to the head (he was still alive) they apparently got bored and so ripped it off for a great shot of the inside of the head. Yum.
Saigon - many many many many motorbikes. The drivers and passengers here do wear helmets though, which is great. Thankfully there are no tuk-tuks around, which means I no longer have to walk along consistently shaking my head to the words "Tuk-tuk lady? You want tuk-tuk? 1 dollar?".
Photo exhibition to do with the Vietnam war: Agent orange. I feel extremely uninformed and am off to read up on this.
Photo count: 1479 - time for a cull
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