Tour of the Delta

Mr. Fred Humeny and his lovely party left for a two day tour of the Mekong Delta this morning and they both had a great time, especially the lovely party!!!!


We had the same guide and driver as yesterday and almost made it to Can Tho without an accident - it was minor but still took up some of our time.

The Mekong Delta is what I have been waiting to see, it was everything I expected and more. The river is brown from all the silt, just like the Mississippi and the Nile.

We went on a new tour that has only been in operation a short time. In fact, we were only the eighth couple to talk this particular one.

We started the day with a two hour drive to the delta and from there we hopped on a boat that was ours for the day. No problems, just a rudder that kept slipping and we would drift away. Our pilot would disappear every so often to fix it on the go.


We had a smaller boat so we could go down some of the canals that took us through the local fishing areas. It was fantastic to see life on the river








It was a full day as we stopped at a small brick factory and a coconut candy maker. Plus, we stopped to observe women making traditional mats.

We also stopped at a local restaurant for lunch. To get there we had to ride bikes on a narrow pathway through the jungle for at least 20 minutes. No sliding off the trail here or you would end up in a canal full of who knows what!


The highlight of the day was the trip back to our boat - we had to take a sampan with a local guiding the boat. I felt like we were right in the middle of the jungle! No snakes!











After another two hour drive, we are spending the night in a luxury hotel on the river. We left the booking of the tour too late and all the reasonably priced hotels were full. For a country where $3.00 rooms are possible and $60 rooms are the norm, spending $176 is unheard of. We take the blame for this one.

Tomorrow morning we are being picked up at 7:30 for a tour of the floating markets. More on that when we get back to Saigon - we learned today that the inner city is called Saigon and the outskirts is called Ho Chi Minh City. Confusing to all tourists.