The floating market of Can Tho

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Cantho is a small town in Southern Vietnam and thrives off the Mekong Delta. Our visit there was purely for the purpose of seeing the wonderful floating markets. We got up at 5am the day after we arrived in Cantho in order to catch a local bus at 6am to Phung Hiep, a famous floating market that is apparently less touristy than many other floating markets.

At 7.30am, we found a very nice man at the banks of the river, who offered to take us round Phung Hiep for one hour. We jumped on his tiny wooden boat and steadily, he rowed us toward the market. It was entirely food based and involved a lot of trading. It was designed for the local people rather than any tourist set up (as many are nowadays!). We purchased one coconut, which caused quite a bit of amusement. We realise it must be odd to buy one rather than a whole bunch!

Like so many other special occasions, we found ourselves to be the only tourists there. We enjoyed an incredible hour watching the people work the lively market, with boats bumping and large quantities of fruits, vegetables and raw meats being exchanged. People waved and smiled at us from their boats and we felt extremely lucky to be there.

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Comments

[Anne]

Hi there, The market lookd fascinating. How did the coconut taste? Enjoy your last couple of weeks beofre you come home!! xx

[Davey B]

don't come home
Hey Dom and Bec's - i see you are returning in 6 days time from this blog - well don't! I bloody love both of you and feel i should warn you of how shit you will feel! i hated my first night back from my gap year and haven't looked back since. England is rubbish, we have abandoned any sense of the culture that you will have experienced on your travels, and it is therefore the last place anyone would want to live. i hope you've had a bloody good time and my advice is to stay abroad forever! use the PM of Australia as an example! Dave xxx