Mekong Delta and Crossing to Cambodia
January 16th 2010 Mekong Delta
The area south of Saigon is where the Mekong river fans out into a tree of smaller rivers that make their way out into the sea. The area is very flat and fertile, producing much of the country's rice and, as a consequence, is the second biggest source of rice exports in the world.
We'd planned to explore this area but were torn between carrying on and going to Phou Quoc island
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