Can Tho

Travel Blogs from Can Tho, Vietnam

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A Vietnamese Rolf Harris - bonkers, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

A Vietnamese Rolf Harris - bonkers

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... get them laminated as soon as we find somewhere that does it. After another hour and half on the coach we finally got to the hotel in Can Tho and had a bit of a rest as we were sunburnt and weiry after what felt to be a full on day.  We went out for ...

Saigon and the Mekong Delta, Saigon and Vinh Long, Vietnam travel blog

Saigon and the Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by adeleray

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... with some cool cats from Saigon. The Ancestors and local thugs - Saigon and  Vinh Long A major purpose for my visit to Vietnam was to travel to the graves of my ancestors to pay respect and thank them all they did to make it possible for me ...

Floating Markets on the Mekong, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Floating Markets on the Mekong

A travel blog entry by rachel_john

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... to get a couple of dollars out of the foreigners. After 8 or so hours on the boat we are pleased to see the jetty at Can Tho. We jump off and head back to the hotel room for a kip. That evening we eat in Mekong restaurant and its interesting to see ...

The Mythical Mecong delta, Can tho, Vietnam travel blog

The Mythical Mecong delta

A travel blog entry by orizarska

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This was a real let down. Very touristy, but some good ...

Rivertrip, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Rivertrip

A travel blog entry by faff

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... trip lasts 8 hours and should cost $15-$20. It is more expensive if you book it from your guesthouse, too many people in the middle. Can Tho is not a bad city to hang out for a night our too. There are a couple of good bars and cafes. Also, it is not ...

Just Passin' Thru, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Just Passin' Thru

A travel blog entry by jackdrury

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... and I jumped in a cab and hustled ourselves straight out to the bus station. By five-thirty we were on our way to Can Tho in the Mekong Delta. Three-and-a-half hours later we were there.  I'd pictured the delta to be real hot ...

Floating Market Madness, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Floating Market Madness

A travel blog entry by djchurch

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... business that made rice paper wrappers used in Vietnam's famous spring rolls. After this, we made our way slowly back to Can Tho through the back ways where small houses perched over the river, and in places the surrounding palm leaves leaned over the ...

Drifting around the Mekong delta, Chau Doc, Can Tho and more, Vietnam travel blog

Drifting around the Mekong delta

A travel blog entry by mimmik

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... --as far as I could tell, anyway!) cousins in the SE Asia mainland region--along with Myanmar/Burma. Thailand and Vietnam seem to be the golden geese powerhouses as far as development, infrastructure, economics, standard of living, population and tourism ...

The Magical Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

The Magical Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by jackdrury

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... her head up and down as though she'd won a trillion dong. A big enthusiastic “Yes” followed. The daytime temperatures in Can Tho hits the low to mid thirties. But all day long there's a cool breeze off the river. And despite how filthy, ...

Meandering the Mekong, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Meandering the Mekong

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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... – nasty judgemental noisy boring people. Back at the hotel, we planned the route to the border, feeling quite sad that it will be our last day in Vietnam, after 6 weeks and some serious highs and lows. Miles cycled: 71 with almost as many ...

Tour of The Mekong Delta, Can Tho City, Vietnam travel blog

Tour of The Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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We decided to do a 3 day tour of the Mekong Delta which is the very lower part of Vietnam. The journey sounded nicer than going by bus to Phnom Penh. We toured for 3 days seeing the way locals live and do business. It sounds lovely - it was actually ...

Floating Markets and green bean ice cream, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Floating Markets and green bean ice cream

A travel blog entry by youngtravellers

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... small group was going to Cambodia. With this group we drove onward toward Chau Doc, but before we got there we stopped at Vietnam's largest crocodile farm.  Why would you farm crocodiles?  You may well ask.  Well, now, some people eat ...

Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by m-and-c

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... the bus checking peoples tickets etc and giving us all an extra option of paying $8 for a 'sunset' cruise to our destination of Can Tho instead of the usual bus journey as described in 'his' itinerary. Well, he eventually makes it to the back of the bus ...

Mekong Meandering, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Mekong Meandering

A travel blog entry by pidgeandpie

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Well no rest for the wicked, or is it stupid, anyways we were off again, this time our transport was bus and then river boat to Canthou visiting villages and stilt houses surviving on the Mekong ...

Paddle and peddle power!, Mekong Delta, Vietnam travel blog

Paddle and peddle power!

A travel blog entry by amy_michael

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... winding waterways we embark on our final 2 hour cycle. Constant greetings ring out from the houses amid stunning settings. We eventually reach Can Tho which will be our last stop and cycle through the bumpy roads that host driving as crazy as we have seen ...

The Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

The Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by annasam

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... letters and changing whole words to Vietnamese!) After the sensory overload that ứa Ho Chi Minh City we made our way dơn to Can Tho, the largest city in the Mekong Delta. We only spent three days here and the main reason for our visit ứa ...

Good morning Vietnam, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Good morning Vietnam

A travel blog entry by parashakti

... a fait du body surf,c'etait genial, t'as interet a avoir le maillot bien accroche! Apres une nuit a Singapore on a enfin atteri au Vietnam, le meme jour ou Bangkok se debloquait mais on est maintenant au dessus de ca, contents d'arriver. Ho chin minh est ...

Cruising the Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Cruising the Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by yvonneandnathan

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... . Here in Asia there are people making things everywhere, whether in factories or on the street corner. We had lunch back at Can Tho and finally got to try the classic Vietnamese dish of claypot catfish. The fatty fish is slow cooked with palm sugar, ...

Map Pin Only, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Map Pin Only

A travel blog entry by 1life

 Stayed here December 18th and ...

2 days in the Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

2 days in the Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by thejones187

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The Mekong Delta is an area in south Vietnam where the river meets the sea, and in this area there are loads of little channels that break up the landscape, there are floating markets selling all the fresh food you need, and lots of small islands which ...

Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by offtherails

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...  and took a boat up the little canals off the river. Next we went on to the main town in the region Can Tho where we motorbiked out to the nearby floating markets and then boated back amongst the floating stalls selling fruit and ...

Can Tho, Vietnam - Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Can Tho, Vietnam - Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

A travel blog entry by chowyunmatt

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November 15 2008  - Can Tho and Mekong River Delta, Vietnam We booked a trip to the Mekong Delta when we got back, 2 days, 1 night. It was really well organized, some of it was just amazing, and some of it was kinda boring. We boarded a packed bus ...

The Mekong Delta, Cantho, Vietnam travel blog

The Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by canucktravel

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I finally managed to pull myself away from Phu Quoc Island and head back to mainland Vietnam. Yes, it was hard! The ferry trip was interesting, to say the least. It was incredibly windy and therefore, the water was very choppy. The boat, although ...

Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by bshorts

... rather than a hotel, figuring that no matter how it went it had to be better than staying in some boring generic hotel in Can Tho. Pieter was already doing that but Derek changed his plan to join us. We were then collected by motorbike for a half hour ...

Can Tho-Can Tho - This guys says the horse Can Tho, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Can Tho-Can Tho - This guys says the horse Can Tho

A travel blog entry by gascon

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... Bridge, newly completed, that must be a tremendous boon for the local economy replacing an inefficient ferry system.  We arrived in Can Tho just before dark and were on our own for dinner.  It was a pleasant evening, a much quieter town than ...

Mekong Touring, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Mekong Touring

A travel blog entry by oi-herman

... a boat driver to tour me around to 2 floating markets and then the canals and back-channels of the Mekong river near Can Tho. The floating markets were defiantly something different to see. It included mostly produce but the sheer volume of fruits and ...

boats, markets on boats, fishing on boats, boating, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

boats, markets on boats, fishing on boats, boating

A travel blog entry by katiesue

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... vendor food - noodles and kebab style meat and spring roles. We found the best donut shop ever, little mini donuts and cakes so you can be greedy and try a few - amazing! the following day we were up at 6am to get so the floating market early doors. was ...

Floating markets, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Floating markets

A travel blog entry by thenewlyweds

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... pm. We packed everything up and headed to a cafe to wait for our bus. We joined up with a tour group that was heading to Can Tho and then further on to Chau Doc (our destination). The first stop with this group was Vinh Trang Pagoda. Turns out wherever we ...

Cruising Up The Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Cruising Up The Mekong Delta

A travel blog entry by lizkbailey

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Never Get Off the Boat, Can Tho, Vietnam travel blog

Never Get Off the Boat

A travel blog entry by 12thousand500

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... ; I opened the door to discover that this black-fly Jonestown  continued down the hall, and down the stairs.  Enough.  Can Tho is a lovely little city, especially near the river, by day.  Try to get behind closed doors before the sun ...

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