Mekong Delta, Vietnam Travel Blogs

Floating Markets
Jun 1, 2005 (4 photos)

... to rain. Then back on the bus for about 4 hours, a stop for "relaxy time and happy room", and 2 hours again. Thought the Mekong Delta was good, but was too "tour-y". Would have preferred to see more of the tributaries and less of the random farms! Was v ...

Mekong Delta
Jan 15, 2006

Bus and Boat for the day

Mekong Delta
Feb 8, 2009

... a overnight bag and put our big suitcases in storage since we were comming back. On our first day we ventured down the Mekong Delta on a pretty cool boat, making several stops. We stopped at a candy making factory. Probaly the nastiest candy I have ever ...

What can you fit on a scooter?
Jun 21, 2009

... two people. The 12 foot ladder was an amzing sight as was the 21" TV. That was the ride from Ho Chi Minh to the Mekong Delta. I went to bed around 4am and woke up at 6am after not being able to sleep. After breakfast, we spent about an hour bargaining ...

Day 100 - Organized tours suck
Dec 3, 2009 (4 photos)

I just got down with a 3 day 2 night organized tour through the Mekong Delta.  Organized tours suck.  They take you from factory to factory throughout the Mekong trying to sell you things.  We went to a candy making shop, rice paper factory, ...

The mekong Delta
Jun 10, 2009

A whole group of villages living on the mekong river, the river is huge compared to Laos. local specialities are coconut sweets, the floating market was surprising

Reunited with Family
Dec 6, 2008 (1 photos)

... a relaxing roat trip on the river where we wee able to gain an ionsight into the every day lives of all the families livig on the Mekong Delta who rely on it not only as a means of transport but also to survive... Lots of cute kids waved to us with their ...

The Mekong Delta - the long way to Cambodia
Oct 25, 2008 (11 photos)

We decided that the best way to leave Vietnam was on the Mekong Delta.  We found an organised tour that took 2 days and we ended up in Phnom Penh, so decided that was the way to go.  The tour left at 7.30am, so it was another early morning. ...

Daytrip into the Mekong Delta
Oct 4, 2009 (5 photos)

A daytrip into the Mekong Delta. Nice trip on bus, boat, bike and on foot.

Vietnam - Mekong Delta
Mar 30, 2008

... a four hour bus ride from Ho Chi Minh City down to the city of Can Tho. Off of this city is the part of the Mekong Delta River where the Vietnamese come to sell their goods on the floating market. The markets are early in the morning before the day ...

Cruising Mekong
Jan 27, 2007 (1 photos)

... actually was fun, it's unbelievable what they can do with theses puppets, inside and outside the water. Then I embarked on a Mekong delta cruise. I didn't expect the delta to be that busy. People everywhere. The river is like a highway and both sides ...

Mekong Delta
Dec 1, 2005 (14 photos)

Mekong Delta
May 7, 2009

Bused to the Mekong Delta- the land of floating markets and coconut candy. Went on an unfortunately touristy tour on the first day- stopped at a coconut candy factory, rice paper factory and some other place that was basically a giant gift shop. The ...

2nd day in the Mekong
Apr 5, 2008

... , jackfruit, durian (white, heavy, custard like and almost sickeningly sweet and thick), mangoes (45 species in Vietnam!), lychees, mangosteen, rambutan, custard apple, longan, guava, dragon fruit, pomelo (giant yellow-green grapefruit type) The ...

The murky Mekong
Jun 3, 2009

... ive had in the last week it is VERY lucky that Im a morning person!  Set off at 7am for a 3 day trip to the Mekong Delta.  The first day was kind of disappointing really.  4 hours driving just to spend 3 hours in the pouring rain getting on ...

Mekong Delta, Rice Paper, Homestay with hammocks
Apr 13, 2009 (2 photos)

Cheap, cheap, cheap
Dec 13, 2006 (13 photos)

... before you get here. There is a huge difference in tour prices for example, a friend of mine said that a 3 day tour of the Mekong Delta was a couple of hundred dollars if booked through an agent in Oz. We paid $36 for ours! And it also included a homestay ...

Mekong Delta
Feb 13, 2006 (7 photos)

Once we got out of the city I started enjoying Vietnam a little more. The boat rides through the waterways and canals around the lush tropical islands were a lot of fun and embodied the spirit of adventure a little more than sitting in a traffic jam.

Meandering thru the Mekong Delta
May 18, 2008 (30 photos)

Today we started our journey at 8am from the hotel for a 3hour drive to the Mekong Delta. It is a huge waterway that starts in Tibet and works its way to the sea. Over 5 million people depend on the Mekong River to survive. We hopped onto a very nice bus ...

Final Week of Building
Dec 18, 2009 (12 photos)

... was needed to finish the house, the mother was delighted. Monday evening there was a street parade, My Tho was 330 years old and Vietnam had won their semi final to take them through to the final of the South East Asia Games. It was brilliant, a great ...

Sailing Up the Mekong to Cambodia!
Oct 10, 2008

... was a most enjoyable experience! As we ventured up the River, it was immediately clear that Cambodia was different than Vietnam, the land is flatter, we saw huge beautiful tempels with monks standing at the side of the river, and hundreds of ...

Mekong Delta
Nov 12, 2008

... corner to get the bus. Our next port of call is Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. We also wanted to see the Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam at some point. As luck would have it a few companies do tours of the Mekong Delta which finish up in Phnom Penh, ...

Mekong Delta
Dec 21, 1998

Mekong

Day 19, Anther Day in the Mekong Delta
Dec 19, 2009 (10 photos)

... . After lunch, we said good-bye to our host family and headed off to catch a boat to Can-Tho (the largest city in the Mekong Delta) to catch a bus to Chau Doc where we ould be spending the night. We went to the ferry station where Thanh simply waited for ...

Mekong Delta
Mar 14, 2007 (12 photos)

Mekong Delta: A long and bumpy drive to get there, but well worth it. The highlight of the tour was the floating markets on the Mekong, where goods are bought and exchanged from one boat to another.   Beaucoup de bus et un mal de fesse qui valaient ...

Cycling in the Mekong Delta
Apr 14, 2009 (1 photos)

Meking Delta day 2
May 31, 2007

Elise and I were woken up before our 5:45 wake-up yell by mopeds zipping down the alley a couple of feet from our hut. We had not even noticed the alley the night before! Before breakfast we were taken on a pleasant stroll throught the village. People ...

Day 18, Mekong Delta - The 'Rice Bowl" of Vietnam
Dec 18, 2009 (5 photos)

... the delta. The river originates high in the Tibetan plateau, flowing 4,500 kn through China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. At Phnom Penh, the Mekong River splits into to two main branches which further split into several more branches and empties into the ...

Southern tip of Nam
Jul 17, 2008 (7 photos)

We are now on tour in the Mekong Delta, at the very southern tip of Vietnam.  Lots of water so far, so we have taken a small boat (oars) and a ferry to get to the city of Can Tho.  Can Tho is way more the Vietnamese Riviera than Catba was, its ...

Mekong Delta day 1
May 30, 2007

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