MissTtravels

Day 3

A day on the Mekong…

We left Saigon by bus, and headed south for about 3 hours.

We boarded a boat at Ben Tre, and spent pleasant hours cruising the islands in the Mekong.

Vietnam is very dependent on the Mekong as a source of food, and transport.

The first island we visited produces honey and cacao, and the associated products. We sipped honey tea and tasted local chocolate.

At the next island we sampled coconut candy, and ate all different types of fruit. Coconut is really important crop, providing food and fibre.

We then changed boats, and were rowed in a little sampan to our lunch place. It was really delightful, moving slowly through the jungle canals under the shade of water coconut trees.

Another change of transportation. We were loaded into giant tuk tuks for the last part of the journey to our home stay in the jungle.

It is quite delightful here. Wooden huts in the jungle, with comfy rooms but shared facilities. No air-con, but perfectly pleasant.

We helped cook our dinner, learning how to do rice pancakes in a wok. It was a pity,but none of us felt like eating much as we had been eating all day.

A really cool place though.