19 Dec - Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City
Our short flight of an hour and a half landed but no rep to meet us no matter how many times we looked for our names or Exodus. it was a lot more hot and humid in Ho Chi Min than Cambodia. Taxi drivers were starting to hassle us so had to call the local agent to find out what transit was arranged. None was the response so got in a cab with a price of $23. No wonder the cab driver was in a smiley, chatty mood as this was an extortionate rate when we were refunded. Traffic consisted of swarms of crazy moped riders cutting in and out. As we approached the hotel the buildings and shops got grander.
We met Long, our tour rep for the whole holiday and about 8 others for the holiday. The rest had either cancelled or delayed due to the snow. The hotel room was a complete disappointment smelling of cigarette smoke and the noise of the outside traffic and building construction. With a good traditional meal and some getting to know the others, the little sleep we had was disturbed by traffic. At various points through the night we were woken by the Vietnamese version of 'this vehicle is reversing'.
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