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February 29th 2012
Published: March 1st 2012
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Day one of our Mekong Delta tour...... Read Full Entry



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Breakfast from a street vendor in Cantho.
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Breakfast sandwich, complete with pate, pork tenderloin, fresh herbs, and chili sauce, all for $0.50. The vegetarian sandwich was great too.
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Sinh to: vietnamese for fresh fruit smoothie.
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$0.50 each, beats smoothie king!
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Boat vendor at largest floating market on the Mekong
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Margot staring at the horizon.
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Vendors all have hammocks set up on their boats.
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Pineapples
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More pineapples
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They trim the tough, acidic part of the pineapple off before they give it to you.
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Most of the vendors at this floating market are wholesalers. The sell to retailers who come in smaller boats to buy.
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My 1st real Mekong experience - - this lady was serving lunch to the owners of the pineapple boat, so I decided to try it as well. It was really good, but who knows if the water came from the Mekong or not. I still haven't gotten sick though...
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Making rice noodles, the process was really interesting.
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Rice noodle sheets drying in the sun.



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