All the picture here is being copyright to the Muhammadiyyah International due to certain circumstances...any copy or re-publish that contradict to the originality of the purpose serve by the picture will lead to harsh action by the Muhammadiyyah representative. Any re-publish need to go to through the representative or the true owner of the pictures (yours truly - Ismail (me)) ~ just a reminder by Sheikh Khossim... cd had been publish as the actual intention of this expedition was to spread Islam thought to both Vietnam and Cambodia.

I'll be updating my blog if you guys wanna here my individual thought through the memorable expedition...(why in English about this entry...Mr John and Willy...hopefully you guys can enjoy the stories I wrote...here..not in my blog maybe.. )

The expedition begin with a Malaysian Tour by a group from Pattani, Thailand to Penang, Malaysia...where we gather the members of Muhammadiyyah by the instruction of Ustaz Wahab...2 van will cruise the night of 13th June and arrive in Tmn Maluri, Kampung Pandan on the 14th morning where we will be performing Subuh Prayer there in the Al Khadeem Orphanage House.

We begin the expedition by touring the Al Khadeem future project the House of Hopes which consist hostel and school buildings for the orphan,single mother,poor background child and mualaf ...we also visited the Al Khadeem advisor Ustaz Hussein Yee in Kayu Ara, Damansara...
We've met him and receive his word of wisdom and we being served lunch there before we're of the airport...Vietnam here we go...expected flight in 5++ pm in LCC-T AirAsia flight to Ho Chin Minh City, Vietnam.
------------Flight from KL-HCM arrived at 7.30PM... -----------------------
need to pass through some tight security check since we were bringing The Holy Quran with us (in 2 boxes)...to be presented in Cambodia...
We were told that our guide Mr Azahari had been waited us for almost an hour outside the airport...poor guy... ...nevermind...he being paid to do that ...tonight agenda ... Hong Nam Rest House ...they called it hotel... not at my point of view...ready to prepare ourself to solat and filling our tummy. The Dine took place nearby our so called hotel... Hj Shamsuddin Restaurant...And we called it a rest for that night...sleep...with a rhythmic of honking and hustle bustle of motorbikes cruising down the road ...
---Mornin Vietnam...Suboh at 4.20 am and 6 am seems to be like 8 am in Malaysia...a breakfast kick start with Tea+coffee Vietnamese style and French Baguette ... while gathering the members to a simple brief explanation about today tentative. while Cab and motorbike pilling up in front of the guest house to serve their purpose...here in Vietnam, they offered you a cheap sort of transportation on a motorbike taxi. Here, puppies made and excellent pet and also local delicacy ...the cuter they were, the delicious it can be...and the tougher serve their job as guard dog. while we're waiting for the bus to come...I've saw a lot of thingy that weird and unique for me ...and I've shared it here...so please go through my photos to see what I've saw.
As the bus arrived...we will be touring the city until dusk before we depart to a long journey to Chau Doc or Chuo Doc either one also can...we will be staying in Chuo Pong village across the Mekong River.
-tour HCM ....to all 5 mosque in the area and to the War Museum & we also went to the place whereby our previous Raja Permaisuri Agong used to shop around Vietnamese Silk and clothes,
7pm at Hj Shamsuddin and solat jama' taqdim and some tazkirah from Prof Zul 9pm dine
11pm depart to Chuo Doc from Haji Shamsuddin Restaurant.

the journey took about five hours from Ho Chin Minh to Chau Doc...we need to cross several town and a few of river by ferry...everytime the bus wanted to board a ferry...we were told to get out of the bus...the reason...I don't really know but the last ferry , clearly noted that the bus had a slight problem in climbing up the ferry when there are passenger inside it just my wild guess. We reach Chau Doc in the morning, 4+ am if I'm not mistaken. Subuh pray with the people there, most of them are Melayu Champa where the y call themselves Cham...some of them can speak malay and some had been to Malaysia for different purpose like study, working and teaching. In the Chau Pong village we had been accompany by Ustaz Ahmad the Imam for the Mosque we were staying for that morning. In this village...majority of the people here are Muslim, because of certain regulation nobody is allowed to sleep in the mosque after 9 pm and this village only receive electrician from 8 am to 5pm (and we were warned not to cause any suspicious act that can attract government and army to the village). We made an improvement where Ustaz Tarmizy had agreed to rent us a raft house for another night, so we didn't have much problem of seeking a house to stay for a large scale of participants.We had a tour on the day after to the village cross the river...we went there by boat(this boat can sink if don't balance it) one boat can occupy 12 passenger depends on size and weight.
The village usually sunk into the big flood on the early days of the flood...nowadays they built their houses higher than the ground so that in the flooding days they would survive and every houses equip with a 'sampan' to accommodate the needs of traveling during that hectic period.We had a brief explanation about this big flood that usually hit them in September and some of us were eager to be back in Chau Doc in September...me?... I'll pass... other activity beside da'wah and muzakarah...we also did some visit to the houses and meet some peoples...both influential and non influential just to get to know who are we dealing with...most of them welcomed us in warm ways with foods and story telling even some offer their daughter (as a story of muhajirin and ansar ) there were ustaz that come from malaysia and stay in order to spread Islam here...they (vietnamese /cham) like malaysian very much. We also had a tour at the Floating Market but I rode the evening boat which the market already finished and there just a couple of boats still bargaining for the last trade....lemme cut this short...the next day ...we're off to Phnom Penh in Cambodia through the Mekong River...I bought the boat tickets from the Chau Doc Ferry Service and being accompanied by Ustaz Ahmad the Imam in Ahmadiyyah Mosque...(Imam -person in-charge of mosque and madrasah affair in a village while hakim - in charge in religious affair in a village, he can become the judge of syariah law,he can become a 'tok kadhi' and other position)

Off we go to Phnom Penh...so long Chau Doc and Vietnam....next Entry Set A Foot in Cambodia a demanding Country with the taste of Capitalism ....holla (Boat ride that beyond expectation....)