So the Vietnam visa should be ready by tomorrow, for a whopping $45. It actually may be cheaper if you do it via your guest house/ travel agent / whatever as apparently they will send your passport to Sihanoukville where it should be cheaper for some reason. I have to say, no waiting queues (5 people) at the Vietnamese embassy (so it might be true). But I don't like to give up my passport so whatever...and it is not that far away so will pick it up first thing tomorrow.
A fellow guest houser told me about Banlung in the north east and now everything is uncertain again...It seems nice, and the east is likely not completely touristized so maybe...downside: most likely will have to come back to Phnom Penh if I do as it seems that all bus routes together form a star with PP as the center...so not really looking forward to do the exact same way back (for more than 12 hours). And very likely a transfer in Kratie is required, and I do not want to be stuck there (river dolphins are not).
I don't know what is going on me with me... At home I was sure that the port of entry/departure had to be mentioned on the Vietnam visa application form...no such thing this morning...Banlung is actually pretty close to the Vietnamese border (67km) but apparently rarely used by tourists...and on the Vietnamese side...well...no useful info in the lonely planet + if I really want to see Saigon I have to move south again anyway. If I would go back to Phnom Penh all should be straightforward: take the direct bus to Ho Chi Minh City and done.
Decisions, decisions...I am going to procrastinate until tomorrow
A fellow guest houser told me about Banlung in the north east and now everything is uncertain again...It seems nice, and the east is likely not completely touristized so maybe...downside: most likely will have to come back to Phnom Penh if I do as it seems that all bus routes together form a star with PP as the center...so not really looking forward to do the exact same way back (for more than 12 hours). And very likely a transfer in Kratie is required, and I do not want to be stuck there (river dolphins are not).
I don't know what is going on me with me... At home I was sure that the port of entry/departure had to be mentioned on the Vietnam visa application form...no such thing this morning...Banlung is actually pretty close to the Vietnamese border (67km) but apparently rarely used by tourists...and on the Vietnamese side...well...no useful info in the lonely planet + if I really want to see Saigon I have to move south again anyway. If I would go back to Phnom Penh all should be straightforward: take the direct bus to Ho Chi Minh City and done.
Decisions, decisions...I am going to procrastinate until tomorrow
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