ETG Tip: For an adventure of a lifetime, start in Ho Chi Minh City and follow the Mekong River upstream to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap (Ankor Wat), Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
6 Mekong River City Guides: Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
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1. Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam at its most dizzying: a high-octane city of commerce and culture that has driven the country forward with its pulsating energy. A chaotic whirl, the city breathes life and vitality into all who settle here.
2. Phnom Penh - Cambodia (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Cambodia’s capital can be an assault on the senses. Motorbikes whiz through laneways without a thought for pedestrians; markets exude pungent scents; and all the while the sounds of life – of commerce, of survival – reverberate through the streets.
3. Siem Reap - Cambodia (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
The life-support system for the temples of Angkor, Siem Reap (see-em ree-ep;) was always destined for great things. It has reinvented itself as the epicentre of chic Cambodia, with backpacker party pads and hip hotels, world-class wining and dining, and sumptuous spas.
4. Laos - Luang Prabang & Around (Chapter) Lonely Planet
Nowhere else can lay claim to Luang Prabang’s old-world romance of 33 gilded wats, saffron-clad monks, faded Indochinese villas and exquisite Gallic cuisine. At the sacred confluence of the Mekong River and the Nam Khan, this city has rightfully gained mythical status as a travellers’ Shangri La.
5. Laos - Vientiane & Around (Chapter) Lonely Planet
From its sleepy tuk-tuk drivers to its cafe society and affordable spas, this former French trading post on the Mekong is languid to say the least. The historic old quarter beguiles with tree-lined boulevards crowded with frangipani and tamarind, glittering temples, wandering Buddhist monks and lunging naga (dragon) statues
6. Vietnam - Mekong Delta (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
The ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam, the delta is carpeted in a dizzying variety of greens. It’s a water world that moves to the rhythms of the mighty Mekong, where boats, houses and markets float upon the innumerable rivers, canals and streams.
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Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam at its most dizzying: a high-octane city of commerce and culture that has driven the country forward with its pulsating energy. A chaotic whirl, the city breathes life and vitality into all who settle here.
2. Phnom Penh - Cambodia (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Cambodia’s capital can be an assault on the senses. Motorbikes whiz through laneways without a thought for pedestrians; markets exude pungent scents; and all the while the sounds of life – of commerce, of survival – reverberate through the streets.
3. Siem Reap - Cambodia (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
The life-support system for the temples of Angkor, Siem Reap (see-em ree-ep;) was always destined for great things. It has reinvented itself as the epicentre of chic Cambodia, with backpacker party pads and hip hotels, world-class wining and dining, and sumptuous spas.
4. Laos - Luang Prabang & Around (Chapter) Lonely Planet
Nowhere else can lay claim to Luang Prabang’s old-world romance of 33 gilded wats, saffron-clad monks, faded Indochinese villas and exquisite Gallic cuisine. At the sacred confluence of the Mekong River and the Nam Khan, this city has rightfully gained mythical status as a travellers’ Shangri La.
5. Laos - Vientiane & Around (Chapter) Lonely Planet
From its sleepy tuk-tuk drivers to its cafe society and affordable spas, this former French trading post on the Mekong is languid to say the least. The historic old quarter beguiles with tree-lined boulevards crowded with frangipani and tamarind, glittering temples, wandering Buddhist monks and lunging naga (dragon) statues
6. Vietnam - Mekong Delta (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
The ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam, the delta is carpeted in a dizzying variety of greens. It’s a water world that moves to the rhythms of the mighty Mekong, where boats, houses and markets float upon the innumerable rivers, canals and streams.
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