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Can Tho Slideshow
Can Tho
Travel Blogs from Can Tho, Vietnam
Floating Markets
... much of an orchard but it was pretty cool when the auld dude made a rabbit out of some flower bud. Oh to keep the tourists happy. That night we caught a fairly priced minibus to Chau Doc. The border town with Cambodia cause tomorrow we leave Vietnam. ...
Mekong Delta
... ; The duty free try to rip us off by giving us a crap exchange rate. They will try anything! Four weeks in Vietnam passed by very quickly. We got totally addicted to laughing cow spreadable cheese, strong coffee with condensed milk and Oreos ...
Can Tho im Mekongdelta
... Day, den International Worker's Day (erinnert ihr euch noch an die Nelken ? ;o)) und noch Weitere. Ausserdem ist in Can Tho gerade die Mekong Expo. Es war jedes einzelne Hotel im Stadtkern ausgebucht. Wir ahnten Schlimmes, setzten die Helme wieder auf ...
Sam Mountain
... rice weighed 100 KG and it took two people to lift it onto someone else's back to transport it. Cheapest meal in Vietnam was in Can Tho having searched out the Com Chay (vegetarian) restaurant. They had imitation pork, bo kho (beef stew) and canh ...
Night one the Mekon Delta
Just stopping here for the night. Han and I took a walk to try and find somewhere for tea. Found a restaurant looking place full of Vietnamies, we ordered the only dish on the menu, Pancake. It was like a huge Taco filled with some strange bits, meat and ...
Mekong Delta
... my photo with! We were then entertained by blind man (by Agent Orange which was used by the Americans in the Vietnam War and let to children being born with various conditions) and someone playing an instrument which sounded like a cat had been ...
New Years
... dong. Funny how the motos on Phu Quoc cost 100000 for 13km and the taxi in Can Tho cost 80000, but the bus from Rach Gia to Can Tho (110km) cost only 110000. The guys at the bus station didn't speak so great english (more on that in a bit), but luckily ...
Mekong delta
... for four years, Vietnam finally intervened. The army invaded Cambodia and drove the KR back as far as Thailand. Today, Can Tho is known as a center for education. Teenagers from all around the Mekong come here for advanced schooling. ...
Ben Tre to Can Tho
... bridges that cross the numerous other rivers. They were all well used routes so we didn't have to wait long for the ferries. Into Can Tho a big city full of tourists. I had a walk around and through the market area. Again a chance to use the internet ...
Mekong Delta
... of Pham Ngu Lao, being by far, the easiest, and more importantly, cheapest option to get a taste of the 'real' delta life that Vietnam has to offer. After some shopping around, we came to the conclusion that at the going rate of $22/hr, the 1 ...
On the Mekong Delta
... swimming so may not stand up well to everyday wear, perhaps this can be his birthday treat as its his birthday on Monday!. We leave Can Tho tomorrow so I will sign off this blog. Well we ended up ...
Can Tho (Delta du Mekong)
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 ...
The Mekong Delta
... of Cambodia and into Vietnam. We arrived at a town called Chau Doc near the border and jumped straight on a bus for a 3 hour ride to Can Tho in the center of the Mekong Delta. We got a room for the night and booked a boat trip around the rivers and ...
Floating markets on the Mekong Delta
... Mekong hub and from here we were able to visit the famous floating markets. Cai Rang is the biggest floating market 6km southeast of Can Tho. We arrived by boat at the market shortly after sunrise so it was the height of activity. At first a heavy fog ...
Can Tho
Environ quatre heures de bus pour rejoindre un petit village bien agréable au bord du Mékong. Après avoir trouvé l'hôtel et pris possession de la chambre, nous faisons un rapide tour en ville puis nous nous installons en terrasse pour grignoter un ...
Mekong Delta
... around the islands then went for lunch. Later we returned to the bus and headed to the ferry crossing to get us to Can Tho. The ferry crossing in iteself was really interesting, everyone had to disembark the bus walk to the ferry terminal while the ...
Snakes and Crocodiles - Oscar
To get to the Coconut Candy factory we had to get a little rowing boat along side the eerie water coconut trees. Dad kept on shouting "Crocodile" but it was just logs. It was not as hot as some of the other days because most of ...
6 Boats in a Heartbeat!
... for the travelling. We all headed off in different directions and on different buses. We had a 3 hour bus ride down to Can Tho where we were dropped off by the roadside, seemingly in the middle of no-where. A boy then appeared who took ...
The Great Mekong Delta
... . We then switched coaches and headed to My Tho, we got chatting to an Aussie on route called Luke and when we arrived in My Tho a couple of hours later we went out to explore. We all ended up harbour front eating at a hawker/restaurant. It was quite a ...
Mekong Delta Feb 28 - Mar 1
Took a 2 day trip down to the Mekong Delta. Wanted to see the floating market there, the biggest in Vietnam. Took a package tour down there because it sounded like it was a nightmare to try to get down there on your own. The tour ...
Floating markets
... trip in Laos was incredibly gorgeous with lush, green scenery lining the entire 15 hour ride. I hoped that the scenery in Vietnam would be similar. Unfortunately it wasn't nearly so pretty. It was still nice, but just not the same level ...
Down in the Delta
... Mekong, which yields up to three growing seasons per year. Rice production actually involves something like 70% of Vietnam's working population, although our guide informed us that it's becoming harder and harder to convince the younger generations ...
Mekong day 2- Fruits, Honey Tea and Floting Market
... Diep was divorced and was going through a difficult time in her life, where her husband had the kids still . Vietnam doesn't seem to have a system that supports ammacable divorce especially when Children are concerned. (I will not go into to much ...
Aug 07, 2010
Aug 08, 2010
Floating Market
... bus didn't stop for food so we hadn't eaten until late last night. This morning the alarm went off at 5:30! The reason we came to Can Tho is to see the floating markets, we hadn't seen one when we were in Bangkok so thought we would give this a go. It ...