{"id":47721,"date":"2014-08-12T19:22:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T23:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/?p=47721"},"modified":"2016-04-21T15:37:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T19:37:52","slug":"learn-live-and-laugh-with-the-locals-on-avalons-fascinating-vietnam-cambodia-the-mekong-river-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2014\/08\/12\/learn-live-and-laugh-with-the-locals-on-avalons-fascinating-vietnam-cambodia-the-mekong-river-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn, live and laugh with the locals on Avalon\u2019s ‘Fascinating Vietnam, Cambodia & the Mekong River’ cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cultural experiences are more meaningful when you get to meet and talk with the locals\u00a0where they work and live. Avalon Riverways<\/a> will give you that experience. On Avalon\u2019s Fascinating Vietnam, Cambodia & the Mekong River cruise<\/em> you\u2019ll have an opportunity to receive a water blessing from a monk, visit with a local farmer, visit a village school, and watch a show from a local orphanage.<\/p>\n

The cruise begins in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and travels up the Mekong River to Siem Reap in Cambodia.\u00a0 You\u2019ll stop in Cai Be-Sa Dec to visit the cathedral, see how rice paper and candy are made, and visit the local market, and more.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Avalon Waterways<\/p><\/div>\n

In Chau Doc you\u2019ll visit a local fish farm, the religious site at Sam Mountain, and see their local market.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Avalon Waterways<\/p><\/div>\n

In Phnom Penh you\u2019ll enjoy seeing the sights on a private bike tour, and see the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, the National Museum, visit the Filling Fields, and everyone\u2019s favorite, a show by the children from an orphanage.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Avalon Waterways<\/p><\/div>\n

In Prek Bang Kong you\u2019ll see how the decorated silk is made.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Avalon Waterways<\/p><\/div>\n

The local monks will bless you at \u00a0Wat Hanchey, and then walk through Angkor Ban village and visit their school.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Avalon Waterways<\/p><\/div>\n

The silversmith in Konpong Louang will show you their trade. Soak in the beautiful countryside during your ox cart ride to a farmer\u2019s home in Kampong Tralach.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Avalon Waterways<\/p><\/div>\n

There are also options to extend your journey to Bangkok, Thailand, Luang Prabang, Laos, and Hanoi\/Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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Cultural experiences are more meaningful when you get to meet and talk with the natives where they work and live. Avalon will give you that experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,49,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-bucket-list","category-river-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}