Mekong Delta (3) Chau Doc - Chasing Away Evil Spirits

Lowering the tone at the Victoria Hotel

After we arrived by bus at Chau Doc Bus Station, our onward mode of transport to the hotel was to be cyclo.  This contraption is a bicycle with a pram-like trailer attached where you place yourself and your heavy rucksack, and as you balance precariously you are then pedalled to your destination by a really skinny Vietnamese man who, despite appearances, seems to have the strength and stamina of 5 horses.

We (when I say “we” I mean Paul) felt a bit guilty as his cyclo had a bit of heavier load, but we later spied some cyclos squeeze 3 generations of one family onto their trailer and they still manage to get a bit of a wiggle on.

So we arrived at our hotel after 10 minutes hard slog (not on our part though but it was a bit tiring to witness) and the privilege of being conveyed in this manner cost us the measly sum of 80 cents (40 cents each but we paid a dollar – they both earned at least that!).