Southeast Asia, ten million motos by the Mekong

Well, I've been unfair with China, haven't said so much about it, about the landscape (but this is better with pix), about the gentle, often shy, people, the miscommunication or just lack of it, the faces of curiosity toward us with welcoming smiles (thousands of them). But it's time to tell you about Southeast Asia. And yes, it was warm! (It wasn't in China). It was tropical green, pure jungle, while in China was mostly cultivated (specially with rice terraces). And we saw from each city the same large, calm, brown source of life, the Mekong.
First it was Laos, the most bombed country in the world (more bombs were dropped there than on the whole of Europe during WWII) in a war that wasn't even theirs, the Vietnam war. Difficult to believe, a small country, unpopulated, with most of the towns self sufficient, living in beautiful hills covered by the jungle. And the most serene, long lasting smiles I've ever seen. Without forgetting the city of the golden temples, Luang Prabang.
From Laos we flew to Cambodia, another country with a sad story, the genocide of the Khmer Rouge, which killed a 4th part of the population in the 70s. Also very poor now, it has been a very rich and creative land, leaving ruins of huge temples with beautiful carvings, Angkor. Then, a bit tired of travelling, we took a pause in the coast, calm, pristine waters, and an endearing family running the place. It just felt as the place where one should be.
From there we took a van to a town in Vietnam which left us unexpectedly at the border... No kidding, and no buses at the other side. But yes, motos, very eager to take us, big backpacks and the small one no problem for them, so why not.
Not much time left in Vietnam but enough for some impressions, all the water from the delta, over the fields, in the floating markets, through the towns, the flying ladies with their bikes, white gowns and colorful hats, and of course all the motos with 1,2,5?? riding in the same moto.
Then we ended in Singapore, yes, the big shopping centre, but permanent 30 degrees so, I won't complain, now in India at night is pretty chilly, believe it or not.