For breakfast we had these'flakiest of all' croissants just before we boarded our bus, heading southwest towards the Mekong Delta.
In a nutshell, the Mekong Delta aka 'the river of Nine Dragons' is one of the world's great rivers and its delta one of the worlds largest. It flows about 4500 km though China between Myanmar and Laos, through Laos along the Thailand border and through Cambodia and Vietnam on its way to the South China Sea. The name 'Song Cuu Long' aka River of Nine Dragons' is derived from the numersous branches along its path. Life and culture literally exists along the river; 65% of Vietnam's rice is produced here, fish farms are in abundance, and over 18 million people 'live' somewhere on or along this water piece.
Today's first stop was the Cai Be Floating Market where local large boats 'hang' samples of their goods from tall bamboo poles. We saw things like: firewood, yams, watermelons and many other local 'fruits and products'. Afterwards, we watched how viet style 'peanut brittle' and rice crispies were manufactured.
From here, we passed by Vinh Long then hopped on this10 minute ferry to Long Xuyen, the capital of An Giang province. After another 2 1/2 hours of honking (normal practice for road safety here) and bumpy single lane roads, we finally arrived to Chau Doc....really, just a smally town, but near the Cambodian border where many people stop off en-route.
We checked into our 'hotel', the Hang Chau 2, and found everything we needed!: a noisy ratty air-conditioner and a '1.5 piece' bathroom (i.e just a shower head on the wall directly in front of the toilet seat)....I guess this seems to be the typical style here in Vietnam, as Doc had the same kinda thing in his guest bathroom.
We followd our guide 'Jhi' to his local favourite 'Bay Bong' for some Pho Beef & rice. Yummy....lets hope it sits in the tummy.....
Tomorrows wake up call: 6am!!!!!!!
zzzzzzzzz
In a nutshell, the Mekong Delta aka 'the river of Nine Dragons' is one of the world's great rivers and its delta one of the worlds largest. It flows about 4500 km though China between Myanmar and Laos, through Laos along the Thailand border and through Cambodia and Vietnam on its way to the South China Sea. The name 'Song Cuu Long' aka River of Nine Dragons' is derived from the numersous branches along its path. Life and culture literally exists along the river; 65% of Vietnam's rice is produced here, fish farms are in abundance, and over 18 million people 'live' somewhere on or along this water piece.
Today's first stop was the Cai Be Floating Market where local large boats 'hang' samples of their goods from tall bamboo poles. We saw things like: firewood, yams, watermelons and many other local 'fruits and products'. Afterwards, we watched how viet style 'peanut brittle' and rice crispies were manufactured.
From here, we passed by Vinh Long then hopped on this10 minute ferry to Long Xuyen, the capital of An Giang province. After another 2 1/2 hours of honking (normal practice for road safety here) and bumpy single lane roads, we finally arrived to Chau Doc....really, just a smally town, but near the Cambodian border where many people stop off en-route.
We checked into our 'hotel', the Hang Chau 2, and found everything we needed!: a noisy ratty air-conditioner and a '1.5 piece' bathroom (i.e just a shower head on the wall directly in front of the toilet seat)....I guess this seems to be the typical style here in Vietnam, as Doc had the same kinda thing in his guest bathroom.
We followd our guide 'Jhi' to his local favourite 'Bay Bong' for some Pho Beef & rice. Yummy....lets hope it sits in the tummy.....
Tomorrows wake up call: 6am!!!!!!!
zzzzzzzzz
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