The next morning we decided to drive the roundabout way to Can Tho, through Sa Dec by way of the ferry. It was just about the longest and slowest way to Can Tho, and it was lovely. We sanked around the islands, past fruit garden after fruit garden, the roads sleepy and barely wide enough for one car at a time. Endless bridges, markets and smiling faces along the way. The ferry was not the scary ferry we had seen so many times before, but rather a larger one, with cars, thus slowing down the traffic, even though we were glad we had watched them the day before and knew not to be at the front of the line, as people drove on and off well before the ramp even got close to the pier... It
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