Day 16 - Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta
We left Saigon to visit the Mekong Delta. We traveled by bus, a large boat, a small boat, a rowboat and a horse-cart. Pretty interesting area. Later we returned to the city for our "fairwell" dinner and a nightcap high above the city. We leave Vietnam tomorrow to vist Cambodia.
These are new apartments going up in Saigon
On the way to the Delta we stopped to see a temple of a religion that incorporates Buddiasm, B'hai, Confusiasm and a few others as well.
Now on to the boat trip on the Mekon River
This is a fishing boat, note the lights for night work and the nice laundry job
Would you like to buy some riverfront property?
The terra cotta pots are for sale, they are used to collect the rain water
Why does it need to be straight?
Next boat
The oarsperson brought her daughter
The traditional hat protects the wearer from the sun, note the design in the hat
We stopped at a bee farm. This is a drink made of honey, rice wine and lime
Just stick your finger into the comb to taste the honey, just move the bees out of the way!
Is this some kind of scarf? It fits snugly
On to the coconut candy factory
We need a small boat to navigate the narrow jungle stream to get to our lunch stop
The meal began with the Elephant Ear fish
Just take some noodles, cucumber and pineapple, add the fish androll it all up in a spring roll
Lunch was served in this hut in the jungle
A little music after lunch is always nice
Back out to the main river
The boats of the Mekong Delta have round eyes with a red color, other areas have different identification
Today was a great day for flowers growing wild in the jungle
These are Rose Apples and a flowering coconut
Back to Saigon, satellite dishes are not allowed, hence the sea of TV antennas
The new homes show some wild individuality
Rush hour is pretty amazing
Of course, you can just do your homework on your sister's back while she holds the notes
In the 1960's who would have thought that we would be having a drink at a rooftop bar along the Saigon River?!
