It was time to leave the city of Saigon behind. Big, busy, noisy, and honestly -- it never felt like a city with any soul. Just a place busting with energy and going somewhere.
So I left on a tour of the Mekong River/Delta -- I had booked my own home stay in a small town -- and the tour was almost as cheap as the hassle of the public bus. Plus I got to have a running commentary on changing life in the Delta and visit a few "made for tourists" demonstrations of candy making, rice wine making, and such.
But I was glad to arrive at the home stay and settle into a more quiet, less hectic day or two. I needed to catch my breath and this is perfect.
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| Sample fruit stall from a floating river market. These are fading away as transportation improves and highways built |
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| One of many small ferries to cross the river channels. The area is channel after channel after channel |
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| The dirty secret of Vietnam. |
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| Best boat yard on the river |
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| Part of the tour was a long boat ride to lunch. Very quiet once off the main channels. |
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