Blogs from Can Tho, Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 7

Hung's Homestay near Can Tho While exploring in Can Tho, Monk had bumped into a Canadian couple he'd previously met on the bus from Phnom Penh to Kampot. They'd just arrived in Can Tho that morning after having stayed two nights in a homestay which they said had been wonderful. A couple of nights' stay in the home of a Vietnamese family was on Monk's agenda for the next stage of the trip and what better place to choose than one that came so highly recommended. Monk called Hung and arranged to meet him the next morning. Hung's nephew turned up on his motorbike and Monk and Saavas climbed into a taxi which followed him out of Can Tho into the countryside. The normal way of arriving at Hung's is to meet him at a road ... read more

Being in Saigon gave us the opportunity to book on to a 2 day trip of the Mekong Delta – so we decided to escape the busy city for the meandering river! The Mekong Delta is an enormous river than snakes through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and China. In Vietnam it flows south of Saigon so we were able to take a bus to My Tho city and then we were taken by motor boat onto the Delta and by Dragon Island, Unicorn Island, Phoenix Island and Turtle Island – each of the island had their own little ports and houses on stilts by the coast that the locals lived on. We were taken to Unicorn Island where we were shown a honey farm – Tina tried the honey (which involved putting her finger into a swarm ... read more

Nov 16: Can To Time to do a little updating. We have spent a lot of our last few days traveling, but let me start with Hoi An. This is a must stop for anyone traveling Vietnam. It is sometimes referred to as the Macau of Vietnam because it is an old city with lots of French history. The “Historic City Centre” has lots of French influence and is of course, very touristy. We enjoyed just wandering around the area. One day was spent doing this, the next we took a tour to My Son (Mee Sung) which was a temple area older than Cambodia’s Angkor Wat. Not much left of it thought after the Americans got through bombing it. They did leave a lot of vehicles, helicopters and such behind though. In fact, a couple ... read more

Sunday, 24th October 2010 to Monday, 25th October 2010 "You could bank your last USD 25 on a 2 Day 1 Night adventure in Mekong Delta. Trust me, that's what I called money well-spent!" I spent my 3rd and 4th day in Vietnam exploring the mighty Mekong Delta, one of the country's chief rice-growing regions for its 86 million people. This was nothing too difficult to accomplish. Rather, it was a well-planned sight-seeing route departing from Ho Chi Minh City and back in 2 days, courtesy of the Sinh Tourist. Joining the local tour was the most cost-effective and hassle free way to tour the Mekong Delta proper. Our journey took us through the main provincial towns of Ben Tre, Can Tho and Vinh Long on a variety of transport modes. The lengthy bus ride between ... read more

The Mekong Delta (Vietnamese: đồng bằng sông Cửu Long “Nine Dragon river delta”) is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southeastern Vietnam of 39,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi). The size of the area covered by water depends on the season. So I booked on a 3 day trip up the Mekong Delta that would finish in Phomn Penh (Cambodia)... I can't remember the exact itinery but online it says it was this: DAY 1 : HOCHIMINH CITY - MYTHO - CAN THO Travel to My Tho by coach. Cross Mekong river by motorized boat. Row- boat ride along small creeks to Mekong River estuary. Motorized boat cruise along natural creeks and quiet ... read more