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Can Tho
Travel Blogs from Can Tho, Vietnam
Can Tho, Delta du Mekong, 2 Decembre 2007
Depart en cyclo de Ben Tre tot ce matin pour aller de My Tho (apres avoir traverse le Mekong en ferry) a Can Tho, enorme carrefour economique du Delta, mais petite ville. On est super lourd, je suis super genee pour mon chauffeur de 53 ans... Celui de PY ...
Arrival in Cau Doc
Our last leg of our journey in Vietnam. Our destination, Cau Doc. We got taxis to the station and hopped on the bus. It had hardly any room, especially leg room so I had to do some kind of Houdini trick with my legs which subsequently gave me pin and ...
Efter 4350 km udmunder Mekong her
... overnatning i Ho chi Minh, men det gik nogenlunde smertefrit, ud over oemme lemmer efter de mange, lange timers buskoersel. Can Tho var vores destinationsby, og vi fik ved ankomst planlagt, med hjaelp fra det lokale turistkontor, at tage en arrangeret ...
Me Kong, You Kong, We All Kong.
... was whilst chatting to a travel operator, who claimed that I looked a lot like Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary leader of Vietnam. Now call me blind, but I don't bare that much resemblance to a 50 year old, oriental man with hair in all ...
Mekong Delta Tour
I've written a bit about the Mekong delta tour in the next entry from Cambodia but here's some photos of ...
Good Morning Vietnam!!!
... ! Overall a good time was had by all and the nightlife was the best we've experienced yet! We left yesterday morning in a taxi to the Vietnam border. We had hoped it would be a trip of luxury - how wrong could we be! One taxi driver took us as far as ...
Mekong Delta Tour
... on fruit at the last. At another point in the trip we also visited a rice noodle making business. We stayed the night in Can Tho and headed out the next morning to see the floating markets of Cai Rang and Phong Dien. The first was large and bustling, ...
premiers (petits) ennuis.....
... mot d'anglais, mais aui me repond quand meme d'un air assure " OK, OK!!" Une demi heure plus tard, me voila au bord de la route, a Can tho, soit 40 km au sud de ma destination> "OK ! Ok !" me dit ce petit enc*** de chquffeur en remonttant dns son bus. ...
Mekong Delta
We spent four days in Can Tho, somewhat central location in the Mekong Delta. We were lucky to stay at a B and B with a couple who also gave tours of the surrounding area. On Saturday we biked to (5-6km one way) town and around (visiting the tin Uncle ...
Back in 'Nam
... coursing through some muddy terrains, the river itself appears very murky. Our tour went though Cai Be, the river market and finished at Can Tho where we spend the night. At Cai Be, we transferred from the bus to a boat where we sailed down the Mekong ...
Mekong Delta
Ajan puutteessa turvauduimme matkatoimiston järjestämään Mekong-suiston turistibussiin. Kaksi päivää ja yksi yö. Ei kun aivot narikkaan ja menoksi! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Krista ...
Mekong Delta, Can Tho
... went to another island where we tried tropical fruits and listened to local singing. Then back to the bus for a couple of hours ride to Can Tho, where we were going to spend the night. Half of the group (including me) was going for a "home stay". It ...
Nos aventures dans le Mékong.
... . On mange dans un chic restaurant sur une terasse avec vue sur la rivière et aussi sur le traffic. Les rouleaux impériaux de Can Tho sont très bons, plutôt que de les enrouler dans une feuille de riz simple, ils utilisent un tapis de nouilles de riz ...
Delta Force
Gooood Morning, Switzerland! Tagesmotto gestern und heute war: "...schliesslich heissts ja 'Reisen', und nicht 'Ferienmachen', Junge". Man kann schon erahnen, was dahintersteckt: Wir zwei mussten erstmals ein bisschen Schubi geben, den Finger aus dem ...
Neglectful Blogger Goes to the Delta!
... market with abundant vivid colors of fruits, vegetables, and flowers floating by in vendors' boats; and then ultimately to Can Tho. Can Tho was a nice small city, and a perfect introduction to the charm that we've found all Vietnamese cities to ...
Can Tho
... Go series for reference. Thus, with some butterflies in my stomach I set off to explore the southern part of Vietnam on my own. My goal was to vistit Can Tho, Phu Quoc, Ha Tien, and Chau Doc. Floating Markets My first stop was Can Tho, which is the ...
meandering the mekong
... sea worthy, river worthy, lake worthy, pool worthy - it should be retired and put out of its misery. However, in Vietnam nothing with a useful life is ever discarded. Motorcycles, sandals, bicycles, boats, sewing machines, rubber tires are all repaired, ...
ab in die korn bzw. eher reis kammer vietnams
bootstrip auf dem mekong. reisfelder besuchen und selber boot fahren ...
Meandering along the Mekong Delta
... a cross between ice cream and frozen yoghurt but better then either. It was light and refreshing, just perfect for the heat and humidity of Vietnam. This is how we spent the next couple of hours and made our day so special. A life floating on the Delta is ...
Lazing about on the river
We'd planned an early start for a boat trip along the river, but Ross was catching up on yet more desperately needed beauty sleep. So as seems to be our habit after brunch we were heading out into the heat of the day at about 1pm for a trip along the ...
MEKONG DELTA
... of the Sinh Cafe, not really a cafe, it is the name of the company that runs the tours and open busses up and down Vietnam. The street is very busy with lots of traffic and people. They put chairs out front to que the travellers. It is a good company ...
home stay on the delta
setted off from saigon with a bunch of ppl on a van...5 westerners and 7 vietnamese.. first day in the mekong delta.. we changed a couple of boats that allowed us to visit really narrow and pretty canals surrounded by palm trees and banana trees.. ...
The Mekong Delta
... girl with two monkeys and a puppy that were fun to watch. Now it was time to go and catch my afternoon bus to Can Tho. Can Tho is three hours down river from Chau Doc toward the South China Sea. The bus ride was the usual cramped minibus ride. The ...
Battle of wills on the Mekong
[Blog by Curt] Our next stop in the Mekong delta was the city of Can Tho, the main hub in this area of Vietnam, and one of the most popular places to visit the famous floating markets. According to the guidebook, transportation between Chau Doc and Can ...
Can Tho and the floating markets
... was quite low and was very brown although we still saw people washing themselves/clothes/meat/anything else in it. There were fantastic trees, palms and mud skippers (cool) so definitely worth the trip. Probably have more to say but can't ...
Can Tho
... the goods. We then continued down the river as the sun rose to the second floating market called Phong Dien, 20km from Can Tho. This market was smaller than Cai Rang and had more rowing boats rather than big boats and looked like it was just ...
Mekong Delta
... we reached in small row boats in narrow water streams, floating between water coconut trees. In the evening we reached Can Tho, 5th city in Vietnam: the Mekong delta is very densely populated, and most of the country's rice production comes from this ...
Arrival in Can Tho
... stay, 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 ...
Mekong Delta
... to sell and trade their wares. Each boat has a tall pole with all the fruits and veggies they sell hanging from it so you can tell who sells what - pretty cool. The rest of the morning was spent between various boats cruising the river and then we had ...