Blogs from My Tho, Tien Giang, Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 2

During my trip in Saigon, I went on a day trip to the Mekong Delta. After taking a bus two hours to the bay, we got on a boat and went along the river to a bee factory where we got to try some honey tea and banana wine (which was nasty). After the bee factory we took a row boat down a canal, listened to some traditional Vietnamese music and then went to ride bikes through the village... This is where my conversation with myself begins... Duc (our tour guide): Ok, now we're going to ride some bikes throughout the village, will everyone be ok? Me: I don't know, I haven't ridden a bike in about 15 years. Duc: Oh, you'll be ok. Getting on the bike, I'm staring at it wondering if I should ... read more

My Tho We had a bit of a stressful journey from Saigon to My Tho - being overcharged, and refused to be let of the bus - lesson learnt - even if it is pouring down with rain and thundering (which it was) and you are being ushered into a bus…check the price first! Agro over - the bus did drop us in My Tho and thankfully we had left the rain and thunderstorm (and rude bus drivers) in Saigon! We walked a long way towards the centre of My Tho, and after a while found a hotel with a great view from the top floor. We could see out across the waters of the Mekong delta, with all the boats coming and going, and the houses with the Mekong as their back garden. We had ... read more

By Tegan... It is with alot of mixed feelings that I will head into tomorrow, it being our last day here. We have achieved so much and the walls are almost complete with the floor and roof to be finished after we go. The overwhelming part though will be the sadness having to leave these great people in their welcoming and lovely home and neighbourhood. As a housewarming gift we got the family a rice cooker and a water purifier. They had neither of these things so that will also help to make their lives easier and hopefully healthier. The scaffolding has hit some pretty scary heights and I am now more happier than ever to be 'larger'. Carinda being the lightest on our team has had to enounter some very interesting scaffolding structures with little ... read more

By Carinda... Sinjow is how to pronounce hello in vietnamese so we are both starting to pick up some of the language :) Well following on from T's blog... the build site has come along so well by late thursday we were working on scaffolding as the walls became above our head height. It is pretty tiring work but I love the fact you can see the result of your efforts! Over the weekend we have been able to have some R & R, we ventured further down the mekong and visited a bustling floating market which was fun. We also went to a restaurant last night and tasted one of the local delicacies... snake - was salty like fish and had the texture of chicken :) Well that about all for now, it is dinner ... read more

By Carinda.... Hi all, Tegan's blog says it all - but I can add some further photos to show off all our hard work :)... read more