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Can Tho Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Can Tho, Vietnam
A Vietnamese Rolf Harris - bonkers
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Paddle and peddle power!
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Bus Tours Must Be An Aquired Taste
This is a top pick! ... a deeper understanding of Vietnamese culture. The one big exception to this were the floating markets at Cai Be near Can Tho. Farmers from all over the region bring their products to this floating wholesale supermarket daily- dealers buy the product in ...
Notes on Trains and Buses in 'Nam
This is a top pick! ... 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 Markets on the Mekong
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! This was a real let down. Very touristy, but some good ...
Rivertrip
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Floating Market Madness
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
The Mekong Delta
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
The Magical Mekong Delta
This is a top pick! ... 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, ...
Drifting around the Mekong delta
This is a top pick! ... --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 ...
Meandering the Mekong
This is a top pick! ... – 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
This is a top pick! 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
This is a top pick! ... 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 Day 2
This is a top pick! 08:10 We Left after 7 (see the indoor parking shot), Happy Pants is grumpy again because according to her we were late. The reason we were late was that because she didn't actually tell us what was happening. We thought we would be getting on a bus or at ...
Mekong Delta
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Shopping... Hot... Sick... Travel
This is a top pick! ... arrived and we climbed in, it was tipping it down and our driver was a bit of a maniac, but we arrived safe. Got to Can Tho at around seven after a little confusing discussion with the taxi driver, his friend told us he would do it for cheaper than ...
Marvelous Floating Markets of the Mekong Delta
... Tho was every bit as scenic. We continued through the small canals in the mangroves before breaking back out to the wide expanse of the Can Tho river. More fishing boat with nets, more barges, more river life in general. We were back within the 5 to 6 ...
Surviving in a Sea of Couples
... took the boat for about 3 more hours stopping along the way to use the 'happy room' ( Asian lingo for bathroom). We arrived in Can Tho, found our hotel, which to our surprise was very nice. After unloading our belongings in the room we ate dinner in the ...
Good morning Vietnam
... 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 ...
Boats, boats and more boats
We decided to head towards the Mekong Delta in south Vietnam to visit the rivers and canals down there which are famous for river markets and stuff like that. We were debating whether to make our own way to the Mekong Delta or whether to jump onto ...
Cruising the Mekong Delta
... . 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, ...
Delta du Mékong
My Tho, Ben Tre puis Can Tho... le delta du Mékong, avec ses îles, ses rizičres et ses maisons flottantes... Ballade sur les canaux en pirogue, puis nuit chez l'habitant - dans une authentique cahute en bambou, en compagnie des geckos, ...
2 days in the Mekong Delta
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
... 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
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 ...