Hau Giang Hotel Can Tho

... watching me wading along as they drove just close enough to send a wave my way.<br><br>Next morning it was an early start, we had to be at the boat for 5.30 am having paddled down the streets morning high tide in the dark. It really is the best time of day to be on a boat watching the sun come up and the morning mists burning off on the water. First stop was the larger but less traditional floating market of Cai Rang about 6km ...

... as pineapple, carrots, sweet potato etc.<br><br>We spent more time on the Mekong in a smaller boat and meandered through the smaller waterways seeing more rural life. The kids were so gorgeous, they would hear the boat coming and run to the bank and wave to us and shout out hello, so sweet. We also visited an orchard and ate some the delicious pineapple, bananas and mango. The fruit is so tasty over here!<br><br>On our last ...

... read in the lonely planet that a $1 tip makes a massive difference to people and now we could see why.<br><br>We went back to the boat and they took us down some smaller canals in a rowing boat to the flower village where all the flowers are grown for the Tet festival. Due to the rain and the high water level (the boat couldn't get under some bridges) Lan took us to the house of one of his friends where Vietnamese hospitality was extended to us again and we where given ...

... 8217;t want to buy her tour. Vietnam is famous for aggressive and pushy tour operators; this was our first experience of them. Whilst not particularly vexing it was certainly more than a little annoying and hopefully not a sign of things to come. After an evening of negotiating with far more polite tour guides we settled on a price and retired in preparation for our very early start the next morning.<br><br>Our ...

... Viet Dong and I luckily I got him to write it down and he wrote down a bus company which we later discovered wasn't the one we were originally at. We walked past the first women and I told her I would pay 55,000 like everybody else to see her reaction, she smiled and dropped it down instantly to less than half what she thought she could scam off us. (But ha she ...

... br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br>Los barcos tienen en el mastil una muestra de las frutas y verduras que venden y las barcas se acercan para comprar.<br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br><br>Cuando terminamos, volvimos hacia Can Tho y cogimos el coche para ir a Vinh Long. Vimos el templo de Van Thanh Mieu y luego cogimos una barca para navegar por las islas del Mekong.<br ...

... able to sleep in tiny cubbyholes with the aironditioning set to sub-arctic temperatures. In short, we are close to becoming the SUPREME TRAVELLER BEINGS.<br><br>Having said that, we're very much looking forward to getting back to Koh Tao where we will stay put for at least a few months... and where we can actually unpack the rucksacks. Can't wait.

... SO excited to see us that she was jumping up and down!<br>* the looks that Laurie got... people would stop and stare unmercilessly at her dreadlocks!<br>* the nun who proudly took off her headscarf and let us take her photo of her nearly bald head.<br>* the wonderful fellow cyclists I met on the tour... whom I hope to keep in touch with... we've even planned a reuion tour!<br>* the many, many 'hellos' we got from the children as we passed by and ...

... Markets natuurlijk wel iets gekocht: annanassen en meloenen. Later met ons zakmes ' behandeld' en aan de boulevard opgegeten. Ook een koude koffie op om de maag van Nienk een beetje op gang te helpen... En gelukt, na een week werd het ' wc-zitten' beloond! Een feestje waard! Ja, de Mekong Delta is ons goed bevallen! Door allerlei verschillende tripjes te hebben gemaakt, hebben we de Mekong Delta goed bekeken. Morgen weer op naar 'de stad'. Morgen gaan we met de boot (we konden ...

... bottle of Tiger Beer for 18,000 dong, a sure sign of a bargain basement place! This place also had snake or frog on the menu, was teaming with geckos and sold San Miguel beer! This brought back lots of memories of sunny Spain in my younger days where we this was the beer of choice. We were up at 5:30 next morning, these markets are early morning affairs apparently! There were lots of dirty grimy houses and factories as we motored down the river. We stopped at a small ...