We got a room for $12 at the Van Tram guesthouse which was right on the river and next door to Mekong Travel. We booked a tour around the Mekong for the next day. We spent the rest of the evening having a wander around the town.
We got up at 6 the next day for the mekong delta trip. It was only me and Rosie on the tour and we got in a wooden long boat and went to the Cai Be floating market.
The market was made up of loads of boats all tied together in the middle of one of the canals, each boat selling a different fruit or veg. They have a big wooden stick in the air with an example of what they are selling hanging on the end of it.
We then stopped at a place where they make coconut toffee candy and pop rice, which is similar to rice crispies.
We got back on the boat and visited an orchard with a few ponds around it containing elephant ear fish. We then got on some cranky old bikes and went for a ride around the area. It was cool seeing all the canals and bridges. Some of the bridges looked proper dodgy and our guide was telling us that kids die every year when the bridges break, and drown in the river.
After the ride we ordered lunch back at the orchard - spring rolls and deep fried elephant ear fish; a delicacy in the Mekong. It was sooo good!
After lunch we went for a row down one of the canals in a sampan. It's hard to row, you stand up at the back, facing forward and row with crossed oars. Got no pictures on the phone so can't post any.
On the way back to Vinh Long we stopped at a brick factory which had loads of huge kilns, a brick making machine and a tomb of the original factory owner.
Late afternoon we got on a bus to Ho Chi Minh City.
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