January 22, 2012

้How to get a motorbike up the bus rooftop in Lao

By EastCode travel teams

when we saw some motorbike up on the rooftop of many buses traveling in Laos .The question is: how can they get that one up?



This video clip will tell you what really happened when the skillful driver and his team (including the motorcycle 's owner) cooperating a scheme to put this vehicle up on the bus. The footage taken at the bus terminal in Muang Phonsavan of Xieng Khouang Province


Looked so easy....but do not try this at home!

January 21, 2012

Shared taxi trip from Sihanouk Ville to Kampot and Phnom Bokor view

By  ChavaKiranan

A shared taxi triip in some part of Cambodia is really a share experience . Our friend ,MrHotsia  took a trip from Sihanouk Ville (Kampong Som) to Kampot in a shared taxi  .The taxi crowded . Even the driver had to share his very own seat for a passenger .



Nice experience . Really local ..... and cost him only 5 USD on a one way trip .Also  u can see the Phnom Bokor rising up majestically on the left view horizon when approaching Kampot town in the middle of footage .

January 17, 2012

Speed boat pier at Ca Mau province (Boat from Ca Mau to Nam Can and Dat Mui)


By Eastcode travel team


Speed boat pier or river boat station at Ca Mau is the gateway to the entire lowest part of the Me kong delta in Vietnam .Yes  you still can travels by road but down here river is the live and real life line connecting many riverside communities.


the name of the speed boat pier in Ca Mau is "Ben Tau Cao Toc" and on the Phan Boi Chau  road , not far from the center of the city ,Pls see the map .

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This boat runs from  Ca Mau to Rach Tau  or Dat mui  . The Southernmost land of Vietnam .Although nothing much to see there ,but the river view along the route is quite interesting .
Coffee and food shop just outside Ca Mau speed boat terminal . 

A sign outside the boat station : Seated bus Ca Mau to Ho Chi Minh City  with contact number.


along the Ca Mau  pier 

Another bus line: Phuong Trang also has bus route from here to other places in the Vietnamese Me Kong Delta area.

A typical  super fast boat connecting many towns and cities in the Me Kong delta.

Outside of Ca Mau speed boat station at Phan Boi Chau  road



All boat fare list to all destinations such as Nam Can  and Rach Tau(Dat Mui) 

name of boat and list

French Guide (Google translated) :
Embarcadère Vitesse à la province de Ca Mau (Bateau de Ca Mau à Nam Can et DatMui)

Embarcadère de vitesse ou de station de bateau rivière, à Ca Mau est la passerelle versla partie plus basse totalité du delta Me Kong au Vietnam. Oui, vous pouvez toujoursvoyages par la route, mais ici-bas la rivière est la ligne de vie direct et réel reliant les communautés riveraines de nombreuses.

Rach Gia canal Boat pier to Ca Mau

Canal Boat pier at Rach Gia for Ca Mau trip
By  Eastcode travel team


Only a few tourists travels  down South via  a network of canals to Ca Mau province.... We recommend this trip .Not because of Ca Mau is worth a trip . But for the canal  trip itself which the speedy passenger boat   will passing through  many canals and lively communities along the waterway.

boat to Ca Mau schedule from Ben Tau Rach Meo boat pier

The boats leaving Rach Gia for Ca Mau is locates at another smaller pier  just south of the Rach Gia town . Catch a taxi and told the driver that u want to go to  Rach Meo boat station  or  pier (bến tàu Rạch Mẽo )on  the  Ngô Quyền  road.


Speed boat pier  (Ben Tau Rach Meo) in Rach Gia 

speed boat to Ca Mau .This is a compact and really fast boat for river and canal service.

Boat schedules from Rach Gia-Vinh Thuan  ,Rach Gia-Song Doc, Rach Gia-Ca mau and Rach Gia to Xeo Nhau.
detail of price and services .




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(Above)  Rach Meo boat station  or  pier (bến tàu Rạch Mẽo )on  the  Ngô Quyền  road.This is the satellite view from google map.You can see a row of white passenger boat at the pier .


French Guide (Google translated):
Rach Gia à Ca Mau Bateau canaux Pier


Les bateaux en partance pour Rach Gia Ca Mau est localise à un autre plus petit quai juste au sud de la ville de Rach Gia. Prenez un taxi et dit au chauffeur que u veux aller à Rach Meo bateau gare ou quai (ben Tàu Rach Meo) sur la route Ngo Quyen.

January 15, 2012

Rach Gia Bus station: Destination Rach Gia-Vung Tau and Rach Gia-TP.HCM

By Eastcode travel team

About 2-3 km. from the main tourist pier to Phu Quoc island ,There is the Rach Gia Bus station at Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm  street. See the map below .

Most bus routes from here go to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and the sea port town of Vung Tau.

Also , u can buy ticket and contact several bus operators  at the Rach Gia main tourist pier .  See this story.



The entrance of the bus station at Rach Gia


minivan from Rach Gia-TP HMC  and contact number

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Ticket counter and telephone number of the Mailinh green bus. The best bus in the Mekong delta area

Detail and contact number for the bus to Vung Tau from Rach Gia .There are two bus runs daily  at 1900 is seat bus and at 1930 is a sleeper bus 


bus timetable and price of the ticket to Vung Tau ,South Vietnam.

sleeper bus waiting for late passenger at Rach Gia bus station.

Another operator Tuyet Hon runs route between Rach Gia and Ho Chi Minh City .

Ticket fare from Rach Gia to TP. Ho Chi Minh.



Rach Gia to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)


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Map of Rach Gia Bus station or Ben xe  on Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm road, Rạch Giá, Kiên Giang, Vietnam

French Guide (Google translated):
Rach Gia station de bus: Destination Rach Gia-Vung Tau et Rach Gia-TP.HCM


Environ 2-3 km. de la jetée touristique de île de Phu Quoc, il ya la station de Rach Gia à bus de la rue Nguyen Binh Khiem. Voir la carte ci-dessous.  La plupart des itinéraires de bus d'ici aller à Ho Chi Minh Ville (Saigon) et la ville portuaire de la mer de Vung Tau.