Ninh Kieu 2 Hotel Can Tho

... Arial">Accommodation: No<br style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Full transportation by as tour program indicated.<br style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Full meals as indicated in the itinerary.<br style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">English- speaking guide (other languages are available upon request)<br style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Not include<br style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Personal expenditure<br style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tipping for guide and driver<br style="FONT-FAMILY ...

... out the regular market at Can Tho as well as the massive statue of Ho Chi Minh by the river. <br><br>One weird thing about Can Tho was the floods&#8230; It didn&#8217;t rain when we were there but each evening, the streets would flood! It turns out that the streets near the river floods during high tides (although it didn&#8217;t rain when we were there, it is wet season so the river is high). It didn&#8217;t really affect us though ...

... the boats we headed up a side canal to have a look at the Delta properly - it was really great with the coconut trees and the other foliage growing out of the water and creating a narrow green passage for the boats to travel through. Before having lunch we hopped on some bikes for a quick spin around to check out how the locals live in the area. Although money is obviously a bit scarce they seem to get-by producing lots of home made fruit and veges to make a living, we saw ...

... rice &amp; fruits) in boats and ferries to get from island to island. <br> <br><br>We cycled very little on the main roads and most of the time on the back roads. The back roads varied from single track mud or rock to footpath sized concrete paths to one lane sized small roads, most of these couldn't take cars and ...

... a line of produce on its mast be it fruit, vegetable or seafood. This was a fascinating insight into how the local Vietnamese people from this area live their everyday lives. This part of the market was a real treat as it was very much a wholesale event and the local people took little notice of the few tourists who were around. <br><br>Afterwards we went two miles down river to the retail market, where local ...

... then hopefully with karma and all that they will leave me alone!) and booked a tour for the next day along the mekong delta and to the floating markets around Can Tho in the morning for about $10 with the hotel owners "brother" which was pretty cheap. He assured me that it wouldn't sink, he wouldn't overload the boat and that it had a working engine! After ...

... A man in a small boat that sat about a foot above the water with a motor that looked like a weedwacker off the back came to the pier. We hopped in to the old wooden boat and were off down the brown river. It was about a 45 minute ride past a nonstop line of shacks where poeple were out brusing their teeth, washing their clothes with the riverwater, bathing or relieving themselves in it. <br><br>The floating market was a huge group of boats selling different kinds ...

... pray and meditate whilst shaking a bamboo pot full of sticks, each with writing on, as I thought about all the things I want in the future I had to shake the pot (with my eyes shut) until one of the sticks fell out. We then took the stick to a woman in the pagoda who read my fortune. It didn't start well, the first question, translated through Lan, how old are you ? 28 I replied, and Lan told me that means I'm 29 in Vietnam! There followed an in ...

... we found a minibus going in 30min to exactly the place we wanted. We win again. On the way, we met some more travellers which made the journey more interesting. Once in Can Tho we all headed towards the LP mentioned hotel 31. We managed to get a good deal on the room. i.e. $10 for aircon, tv etc. A little bit of luxury after Cambodia. That evening we organised a floating river tour with the hotel for the next day, again the price was really ...

... and travels 4500km from the Tibetan Plateau, through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia before emptying into the ocean in Vietnam. The Vietnamese call it the river of 9 dragons as it splits into multiple branches when it reaches there. We headed across the mighty Mekong where our boat driver dropped us at what was meant to be our home stay. Our rooms were bamboo bungalows with just a high wall separating us from the bungalow next door, if you jumped up and ...