April 9th, 2007
After some vietnamese 'sub' + jam for breakfast, we headed straight for the river where we hopped on 'row-boats' for a tour of more floating villages. Our 'driver' was quite energetic, probably in her teens, and effortlessly moved us about on her small craft. Along the way, we saw some more fish farms and huts on stilts. We made a quick stop at the 'Cham Minority Village' where aC picked up a 'conical-hat' (if you speak Viet, they give you better price of course...thanx Jhi)
We then re-boarded the bus for a quick tour of some sites along the way; Temple of Lady Xu followed by this 'nasty' Crocodile farm! (for about $5/kg, you can pick up your own gator and use the meat or skin for whatever you like!) ...i like the viet pronunciation: 'auk-a-dile'
We finally arrived in Can To, our stay for the nite where we checked into the 'KS' Hoa Phuong . For the remainder of the night, aC and I walked down to the water where we strolled the main 'tourist area'...more street food, cell phone shops, and restaurants...and of course that huge silver stature of Mr. Ho Chi Minh...
While at dinner at Tham Bo, this friendly dude across from us was quite talkative and made small talk in very quick fashion !?!. It was weird cuz one minute he was speaking fluent french on his cell phone, the next minute he was ordering food in full on Viet style slurr, and now he was talking to us in english (and Cantonese, after finding out our native tongue)....he later mentioned he was orignally from Saigon, but has been living chez Paris for the past few years....
On our way back, we couldn't resist the temptation of taking the 'cyclo-taxi' for just under a $1...The 6 minute ride was well worth it as it knocked off about 20 minutes, but more importantly got us across the main intersection where all those damn moto-bikes were!...whewww...
After some vietnamese 'sub' + jam for breakfast, we headed straight for the river where we hopped on 'row-boats' for a tour of more floating villages. Our 'driver' was quite energetic, probably in her teens, and effortlessly moved us about on her small craft. Along the way, we saw some more fish farms and huts on stilts. We made a quick stop at the 'Cham Minority Village' where aC picked up a 'conical-hat' (if you speak Viet, they give you better price of course...thanx Jhi)
We then re-boarded the bus for a quick tour of some sites along the way; Temple of Lady Xu followed by this 'nasty' Crocodile farm! (for about $5/kg, you can pick up your own gator and use the meat or skin for whatever you like!) ...i like the viet pronunciation: 'auk-a-dile'
We finally arrived in Can To, our stay for the nite where we checked into the 'KS' Hoa Phuong . For the remainder of the night, aC and I walked down to the water where we strolled the main 'tourist area'...more street food, cell phone shops, and restaurants...and of course that huge silver stature of Mr. Ho Chi Minh...
While at dinner at Tham Bo, this friendly dude across from us was quite talkative and made small talk in very quick fashion !?!. It was weird cuz one minute he was speaking fluent french on his cell phone, the next minute he was ordering food in full on Viet style slurr, and now he was talking to us in english (and Cantonese, after finding out our native tongue)....he later mentioned he was orignally from Saigon, but has been living chez Paris for the past few years....
On our way back, we couldn't resist the temptation of taking the 'cyclo-taxi' for just under a $1...The 6 minute ride was well worth it as it knocked off about 20 minutes, but more importantly got us across the main intersection where all those damn moto-bikes were!...whewww...
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