Thursday, October 2, 2008

Trip from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh

This is my first trip to Ho Chi Minh City and also considered one of the longest bus journey that i had so far. The journey from Phnom Penh City to Ho Chi Minh City took about 8 hours by road. The journey was actually quite interesting as we could see the cultures and also past through a few of the countryside and the border of Cambodia and Vietnam before we reached Ho Chi Minh City. The bus fare was quite reasonable at only USD14 per way.



Facility in the bus



Tired Face. Woke up at 6am on that day to catch the bus at 7am.



Along the Journey


The bus that i took to Ho Chi Minh was attached with a washroom for the convenience for the passengers. However, for those who was sitting at the back row might have to suffer from the bad smell.


Server in the bus


Along the journey, i had seen some cars sitting for more than 10 persons in a Saloon car and some carrying with tons of luggages. I found it very interesting and had taken a few pictures to be posted in my blog. Not only that, we also saw some people sitting on top of the car with some of the luggages.


Sitting on top of the car


With lots of luggages







Car with tons of luggages


Gone through a ferry from Cambodia Border to the border of Vietnam. It took for 1 hour of queeue as that day was a public holiday and many cars were actually going to Vietnam. You can also see different sellers selling food items, VCD along the journey, like the sellers along Miri-Baram Ferry.











On queeue to go in to the ferry











Arrived Ho Chi Minh City at 3.00pm on that day. Feel exhausted after the long journey and long queeue in the custom and Ferry. After the 8 hours journey, we decided to travel back to Phnom Penh by air instead of land. I will never travel to Ho Chi Minh again by land.

7 comments:

smallee said...

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vialentino said...

hey lina, added u already....wah, saw ur phmon penh pics....very nice...waiting to c ur HCM pics...hehehe

Elle Lina said...

smallee : Thanks for dropping by :) Will check out ur blog!

Vialentino : Thanks for adding me :) WIll upload my HCM pics soon.

Unknown said...

Hi Lina,

Nice pics. Look like you had an adveturous road trip. It was the festival period so the roads were very busy. No wonder you will be tired after the trip.

Elle Lina said...

Hi Dara! Yeah the trip was very adventurous. And it took for 8 hours to arrive at HCM. Heard from the tour agents that it was even worse to come back to Phnom Penh on Wednesday, took around 13 hours to arrive at Phnom Penh! Luckily we came back by flight hehe.....

violetmay said...

OMG, 8 hours of bus ride, your butts must be as numb as bun :P
I'm looking forward for more of your travel pics! ^^

Elle Lina said...

Violet : Yeah 8 hours coz of the traffic. Had posted some in my facebook. Add me ya :)