This was a full day's trek. It seems getting to places takes a long time, but they are usually pretty good when you get there. The Mekong is muddy, wide and looks mighty deep. We saw many more stilt houses and many many houseboats. I don't think we'd want to live on one, they are pretty basic! Some are travelling shops e.g. come into the delta with load of pineapples, sweet potatoes, sugar can or whatever, hoist an example of your stock on a stick, and the punters canoe over to buy. It is a very busy market, like anywhere else, but all on boats. Ferries, canoes, cargo boats and dugouts all vie for space and there did not seem to be any accidents, despite the lack of safety equipment that we might expect. So, off
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