With no hopes of getting boat transport to Saigon from Vinh Long (a town halfway between the Vietnam/Cambodia border and Saigon), me and my traveling companions decided to become complete tourists for a day. We hired a 1/2 day cruise that looped through the narrow canals of the Mekong with some visits to locals along the way.

Four hours from Chau Doc to Vinh Long.
Three hours to wait before the minibus left the station.
Four european-sized travelers packed into the back row of the minibus.

With our new friends, the American and two Brits, we rented motor bikes and picked a destination on the map. Ba Chuc. Pronouncing it Baaa Choook Ahhh got us more mileage and better directions. The comforts of English speaking Cambodia were far behind.