Easy Riders

oh the things that travel by motorbike in Vietnam!

Judith and Quan on the road in the Central Highlands

Bill and Mr. Young on the Ho Chi Minh Trail

and there are also live birds that get a ride to market!

Saigon to Nha Trang

drive-by barber service!

we try to cross the street in Saigon!

a street cook in Nha Trang fixes us a treat

Bill has his shirt fixed in Saigon on a nearby street, literally

Siem Reap to Phnom Penh

dishes from my cooking class in Siem Reap - yummy

fast forward: traffic in Phnom Penh

deep-fried insects - not in my cooking class!

to market to market to sell a fat pig - yes it is alive!

the temples of Angkor

monks at Angkor Tom

Judith and Bill and their smiling friends

we have a thousand more shots like these!!!!!

a walk outside Siem Reap

children returning home from school

a mother prepares coconuts for us as her children watch

we stop to watch a woman making a rattan mat and all of a sudden the whole village arrives

Battambang to Siem Reap

morning coconut waffles by the roadside on a walk outside Siem Reap

Battambang to Siem Reap: we abandon the boat and the crew checks for the hole!!!

crispy fried banana fritters on our walk outside Siem Reap

Kampong Chhnang

woman prepares lotus bouquet for Bhuddist party

we ride uptop on the ferryboat and our motorcycle rides below with the cows and pigs

boy carries palm juice collected from the treetops by his father

drive-by butcher shop!

Kampot and Kampong Chhnang

mixed messages at the shrine!

children play in the water hyacinths as their mothers and older sisters collect snails nearby

pig wash before the trip to the market

Kep and Kampot

the beautiful colonial buildings of Kep

the money changers in the market at Kampot - ATM only dispenses money in $US

crab dinner beachside in Kep - it doesn't get any fresher

arriving for dinner in Kampot

Kampot

salt fields viewed on our motorbike trip out of Kampot

filling the tank with regular in the Pepsi bottle or premium in the Black Label Whisky bottle!

wall outside a pagoda

street view from our balcony

Can Tho and Ha Tien

Bill crosses a stream on a 'monkey bridge'

a fashion statement cruising along the Mekong checking out the floating markets

road traffic in Vietnam as we approach the Cambodian border

crossing the border into Cambodia by motor-taxi

Can Tho

1. elephant ear fish is presented to us - do we eat it or just admire it?

2. Bill skillfully picks off morsels of fish and wraps them in rice paper

4. Row, row, row your boat gently across the Mekong

3. Bill expertly crosses one of the many bridges between our elephant ear fish restaurant and the main road

Can Tho

the motorbikes line up for the ferry

flowers are taken from the boats to market

the street below our balcony on New Year's Eve

Tra Vinh

plant delivery for Tet (New Year's) celebration
market vendors

yummy sloppy lunch at a street stall

Judith takes a Honda taxi ride with Bill close behind