It’s surprisingly difficult to find street vendors selling fresh fruit/vegetable juices, in Phnom Penh Riverside, Cambodia.
Five years ago, they were seemingly on every street.
Perhaps they can longer compete with convenience stores on price and variety? These little cans – this “winter melon” is delicious – cost USD60c.
Cafes/bars/restaurants (having costly rent and expenses) sell freshly squeezed orange, watermelon (a personal fav!) and coconut juice for USD3.50-USD4.
Vietnam budget airline Vietjet will fly direct between Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh City, starting March 31 2023.
Vietjet joins Vietnam Airlines and Bamboo Airways, with direct flights between Australia and Vietnam.
Vietjet fare classes will include SkyBoss Business, SkyBoss, Deluxe and Eco.
Victorian Government Minister Tim Pallas said the new service would boost sustainable tourism, and trade.
Flights are expected to increase to seven weekly, in December 2024.
Flights:
Goodbye to the Phu Quoc “Qrocs”.
They have served me so loyally, trekking through many a South-East Asian “wet” market, the Vietnam jungle between bars, over searing sands of beaches, in airports and on planes, and 2 years of Lockdown in St Kilda.
But the time has come to move on, so in the bin they go …
(Feel free to say something in Latin, at this point)
A real, down-to–earth, quasi honest South-East Asian market. This is fair dunkum tourist shopping.
Here, the huge smiles take the sting out of being stung. Who cares if you pay a bit extra? It’s still cheap compared to back home – and good natured haggling can be a lot of fun.
On reaching a price, I tell them: “You happy, Me happy, Buddha happy!” And I slip them a generous tip anyway …
(At Cho Xóm Mói Market, Nha Trang, Vietnam)
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