Hong and I did a 4 day trip through the North and Northwest parts of the Mekong Delta. We stuck to back roads via Sa Dec, Ca Be, Long Xuyen, Choi Moi, Ap Hoa Hao, Can Tho, Go Cong Dong and then home. While the trip was to gather some images of Hoa Hao villages and the main Hoa Hao pagoda, we did some fun tourist things as well. I've never done the floating market, so this time Hong and I rented a small boat and headed off for 4 hours of floating fun. The market was interesting - I found the people more interesting than the commercial aspect of the market.
On the way back around to Can Tho, we stopped at an Orchard, a pretty common tourist activity in the Mekong. The tide was high so the orchard was too wet to hike through so we spent some time with the proprietor - sampling a local Rice whiskey comprised of a tangle of snakes and one bird. Yeah, wtf? It tasted very clean and not strong at all. Maybe I should finally open that jar of medicinal rice wine out back after all.
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Can Tho Market, HTMLflash enabled
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