Day 09 : Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho – Can Tho August 21th 2005

 

.Our tour guide picks you up from your hotel and transfer you to the Mekong Delta. The Mekong Delta is formed by nine tributaries of the Mekong River and is often referred as the ‘rice bowl’ or the ‘garden from heaven’ of Vietnam. Because the soil is very rich you will find here countless green rice paddies and dozens of tropical fruits, which only grow in this certain area. A visit to this region allows us to explore the ‘life on the water’ of the local people. Because of periodical floods the local people adapted their lives to he water.
 Experience their floating houses, floating schools, floating mini-supermarkets and even their complete floating markets! You will be overwhelmed by the wet rice civilization. Afterwards we drive to My Tho to come aboard of our private boat which sails us to Dragon Island. Here you will have the opportunity to taste some typical tropical fruit, which are nowhere else to be found in the country. We also bring a visit to some home-run enterprises, where rice crape and coconut sweets are being produced and afterwards you participate in a traditional show, better known as the ‘Cai Luong Folk’. We return to Can Tho, the metropolis of the Mekong Delta. Here we spend the night in a hotel.  

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