Can Tho, Vietnam Travel Blogs

Rivertrip
Aug 23, 2008 (24 photos)

... 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 Markets on the Mekong
Nov 28, 2005 (11 photos)

... 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
Apr 23, 2008 (37 photos)

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

Floating Market Madness
Sep 1, 2008 (21 photos)

... 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
Aug 22, 2004

... --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 ...

Mekong Delta
Jan 17, 2009 (15 photos)

... 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 ...

Tour of The Mekong Delta
Aug 18, 2005 (6 photos)

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 pretty ...

Floating Markets and green bean ice cream
Mar 26, 2008 (30 photos)

... 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 crocodile ...

Mekong Meandering
Aug 15, 2005

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 Delta.

Good morning Vietnam
Dec 6, 2008

... 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 une ...

MEKONG DELTA: Supreme Traveller Beings
Jul 14, 2009 (6 photos)

We crossed the Vietnam/Cambodia border by boat.  It was cool to get our visas on a barge floating in the middle of the Mekong.  Otherwise the trip through the Delta was uneventful and we were herded around like sheep by a quite ...

The Mighty Mekong
Oct 9, 2009 (24 photos)

... doubt about it cotton pajamas. It's great. Topped off with the conical hats – its something so distinct and makes Vietnam so different. #5:  Last but not least, we love how women are involved in everything! We have passed by many construction ...

Mekong Delta
Mar 25, 2009 (4 photos)

...  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 ...

Mekong Delta
Jun 5, 2008

... 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 ...

The Mighty Mekong - Down in the Delta
Dec 19, 2008 (31 photos)

... they were certainly nothing to write home about! We left the main waterway and took an interesting backwater route back to Can Tho. There were lots of kids waving, banana trees, water hyacinthes and veggie plots including runner beans along the way. We ...

Cruising Up The Mekong Delta
Jan 1, 2009

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Flys
Jul 22, 2007

... 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 ...

Intrudaction to the Mekong Delta
Feb 25, 2009

Will be updated soon...

Can Tho (Delta du Mekong)
Dec 29, 2008 (9 photos)

Allo, Petit arret de 48 heures a Can Tho, une petite ville au centre du delta ideale pour visiter les canaux et marches flotants. La ville comme tel n'a rien de special, c'est une ville classique du vietnam avec ses constructions etroites et ses ruelles ...

Mekong Delta tour day 2
Aug 17, 2007

... ; Two more girls came at night and joined us for dinner.  These girls were Irish and were hilarious!  They're traveling Vietnam for 2 months.  We had a great time staying up and chatting.  I'm so happy we did home stay.  It was ...

Arrival in Can Tho
Dec 27, 2007

... , as long as you don't mind the tanks of live fish, snakes, turtles and frogs in the restaurant! Talk about fresh food!  Can Tho seems like quite a good city - easy to walk about in, and best of all, we found a super market ...

Vomitorium to the Mekong Delta
Feb 2, 2006 (19 photos)

... away. We had an posh lime-green minibus with aircon and cheesy Vietnamese pop music (see video) with just a couple of other passengers. Can Tho is the biggest city in the delta, with a population around 500,000 people. It's on the banks of the Hau Giang ...

The Mekong Delta Tour
Dec 6, 2006 (12 photos)

... Ben Tre village where they make coconut candy. We also go to try honey tea & banana wine - volatile! Our day finished in Can Tho with a couple of bottles of the local bottled beer. The best so far in Vietnam - the others have lacked any ...

Coffee shops and floods
Oct 19, 2009 (70 photos)

... watching the world go by (you can’t walk down the road without seeing someone asleep or just sat doing nothing). It was in Can Tho that we really experienced this for ourselves. We’d go to our local café, get a coffee (for about 15p each) and ...

Can Tho for Cai Rang floating markets
Feb 2, 2009

... 66% and the viet govt paid the rest - a total of about $120 mill dollars! There is a new larger bridge going in at Can Tho, the biggest city in the Delta. It's quite famous for the "traffic jams" they have at the ferry terminal - during festive seasons ...

The Mekong Delta
Feb 13, 2008

... up every night with people waiting for a table -why?  Cause its great...No cause its mentioned in the Lonely Planet... Can Tho itself is a funny little town.  It is the provincial capital with a lot going on (especially if you happen to want ...

My Birthday in the Mekong
Feb 12, 2007

... you. If they have stopped, then you are probably in the land of over charging vendors, and jaded restaurant personel. Luckily, in Can Tho, the kids were still waving and smiling. We enjoyed a nice dinner on a balcony overlooking the Mekong river as the ...

Here’s the Mekong, where’s Dan Dare?
Aug 21, 2009

... to Saigon our next stop was the Mekong Delta and the town of Can Tho. Arriving on our bus from Saigon we jumped off at Can Tho station not knowing the best way to get to our hostel. Fortunately a friendly local pointed us in the right direction and made ...

3 jours sur les eaux du Mekong Delta
Nov 23, 2006 (15 photos)

Croisiere sur le Mekong, visite des marches flottants, promenade en velo sur un petit ilot et nuit chez l'habitant. 3 jours/2 nuits pleines d'images et d'aventures dans le delta du Mekong.

Cruising the Mekong Delta
Feb 15, 2008 (15 photos)

... fields for fertilizer, and rice noodle waste is fed to the pigs. Had a quick stop and enjoyed some coconut milk before boating to the Can Tho Market (back on shore) where we had about an hour of free time to wander around. We took a walk down a laneway ...