After a really good sleep, we had an 8 o’clock start for
today’s trip down to the Mekong Delta about 100kms away. Ian met the other 4 people who were booked on
our tour in the lift and apparently they’d booked a “private tour” which is why
were not all together, an additional cost of £295pp – or free for the remaining
4 people (ie us and Malcolm/Lydia).
The drive took about 2 hours on a combination of roads;
Route 1 packed with motor scooters but also the Freeway (actually a toll road
?) which bans scooters. We then
transferred to a long wooden boat with an outboard motor, overhead canopy and lovely
wicker chairs and cruised the waters of the delta.
First we stopped at a family owned/run coconut processing farm,
where whole coconuts are delivered by boat and a little man takes the outside
off, another chops it in half and the last one removes the husks – all very
labour intensive.
Then we walked a little way and had lunch which consisted of spring rolls,
followed by fish wraps then pork and rice – delicious. I also managed to make friends with this little girl, so much so that I then had trouble shaking her off and she nearly fell in the water following us over a small bridge!
