Ninh Kieu 2 Hotel Can Tho

... and the journey into Cambodia so it was just the two of us and Ouilid on a visit to a floating village and a fish farm. The village was set on the side of an island in the middle of the river with each house being attached to the land so that they could be winched in and out from the shore depending on the river levels. In one of the houses we saw a women making a scarf using a traditional wooden weaving machine. It seemed to be a lot of hard work as she used her feet to ...

... bridges linking these thousands of islands in the delta


The last Ferry took us to May Island where we rode to our home stay family. They have a Pomelo farm. & we were welcomed with a plate of fresh pomelo & passionfruit. I hate passionfruit at home but ate one here & liked it.

Sadec Mekong Delta, Ten Bai, Vietnam hilaryramsey

... To be honest, they're not what i expected. I had been expecting some buildings erected on poles selling things by the river (a la Venice, but not so swanky!) but it turns out that the floating market is, well, exactly that - people just turn up with wares to sell and just put up anchor. What each boat sells is put on a bamboo stick at the front and then they start haggling with each other. It's brilliant, especially when you think this is what wholesale ...

... over a hole on the back deck of a boat that jutted out over the water. As you can imagine, it was obvious why he was squatting and we saw it plop into the water. He jumped up and looked over the edge of the boat, pointed and proudly yelled to his mother to come and see what he had just done. It was a little disturbing to see how the river was used as both a source of food and bathing as well as a dump for garbage and sewage.

We left the market to ...

... a HUGE pig being carted off... possibly to market??? We arrived in MyTho where we took a small boat along the Mekong to a tiny island. We trekked into the jungle where we found this beautiful house... a little oasis... where we were served tea with honey, crispy rice wafers and an abundance of fresh fruit (green berries, lychee berries, dragon fruit, pineapple, watermelon and pomelo). We left the oasis and trekked to a small canal where three ...

... razendsnel over het water gaat) naar Ca Mau. Eerst nog wel 3 uurtjes gewacht op de boot. Daar op een gezellig terrasje gezeten bij Vietnamesen die ons wel erg interessant vonden. De Hollandse sigaretten wekken steeds veel blikken op en natuurlijk willen ze allemaal zo'n sigaret wel proberen! De boottrip naar Ca Mau was het wachten wel waard! Er is veel te zien aan, op en in het water. Ca Mau heft het grootste mangroof bos ter wereld (hierbij steken de wortels van de bomen boven ...

... weren't so happy. Theferry ride was a quick 10 minutes and we started walking from the pier into whatwas now nighttime in a strange city. It felt like the neighborhood you get around the bus station. And no bathroom or food round though. One guy finally spoke up and let his displeasure be known. The guide immediately went into defensive mode. I felt really bad for himand his limited English madehimeven more frustrated. It was ...

... Mekong-Delta Tour gemacht und uns fuer eine Eintagestour bei einem etwas suspekten (aber billigen) Tourenbuero entschieden (mal sehen ob sich das Sparen diesmal auszahlt). Am naechsten Morgen ging es dann um 7.30 (fast puenklich) los. Als erstes konnte man mal wieder sehen, dass egal wo man bucht, man eh im gleichen Bus wie alle anderen landet. Als naechstes kam dann eine ca. 3 stuendige Busfahrt mit einem ...

... typical! 'University?....Tourism and Hospitality?' My ****!! 'Tour herding and hospital visiting' more like! I immediately called out 'Hi Hi' and he cycles back by which time Martin and I are giving the poor Korean guy a load of tissues to mop up his bleeding nose. Hi Hi's face was a picture of 'sheer inconvenience' that this should happen. I wanted so much to say to him that was why I was asking 'what if you can't ride a bike?' But I bit my lip. There were far more ...

... on the bikes over here. From here it was a taxi to the 'bus station'. Our bus ended up been a 7 seater SUV that dropped us exactly where we wanted in HCMC. This full service experience definitely turned out to be worth the extra money and after the local bus experience a few days earlier I know Erica definitely appreciated it. It amazing the roads for the full 3 hours back to Saigon were crazy busy. The whole route was also lined with either houses or industry. Vietnam had ...