This was just a single overnight stay ready for a very early start and transfer up the Mekong River to Cambodia. The Hotel was nice enough, with a comfortable bedroom where we slept well. Breakfast was rather chaotic because it was a very early start and after the Hotel saying the restaurant opened for breakfast at 6am they then delayed the restaurant opening to 6.15am due to work being done in the kitchens; as there was a VERY large party of Italian tourists also catching a boat at similar time the restaurant was overrun when it did eventually open. So, not the best start to the day. We were met in reception by a personal guide/courier (a first class and highly efficient fellow by the name of Aryfin) and, along with another couple who were friends and travelling with us, we were escorted out to a small private speedboat (I say small because the aforementioned party of Italians were on a very large boat and boarding that thankfully separate boat at the same time), helped on board and rapidly departed. This all felt sooo special because we were just the 4 of us, personal guide/courier and the boat driver/helmsman on the boat which was fast, comfortable and highly manoeuvrable. ARYFIN WAS EXCELLENT and assisted with all of the immigration/customs stops for exiting Vietnam and entering Cambodia. In due course we arrived in Phnom Penn and alighted. The whole transfer experience was very very good, and felt bespoke and closely assisted, which it was. Aryfin spoke good English and we rapidly forgot the chaotic breakfast that started the day.
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