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Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho January 11th 2010

Ursprünglich wollte ich nach My Tho mit dem öffentlichen Bus fahren, der billiger ist, als ein Bus einer tour-Company. Jedoch liegt der Busbahnhof einige Kilometer entfernt, so dass das gesparte Geld für die Taxiahrt drauf gegangen wäre. Also habe ich mir das mit 4 $ günstigste Ticket bei einer Reiseagentur besorgt. Wie sich herausstellte, handelte es sich bei dem Bus um eine der regelmäßigen geführten Touren ins Mekong-Delta, nur wurden ich und zwei weitere Passagiere, die nur die Fahrt nach My Tho gebucht hatten, vor Ort abgesetzt, während die Tourteilnehmer in ein Boot umstiegen. Obwohl täglich hunderte von Tourtelnehmern in My Tho ankommen, ist die Stadt selbst die untouristischste, die ich bisher in Vietnam erlebt habe. Es gibt zwar mehrere Hotels an der Uferpromenade, aber keine richtige Bckpackergegend. Man muss bzw. darf in lokalen Restaurants essen ... read more
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Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho November 21st 2009

For our final day in Vietnam, we chose to join a day tour of the Mekong River Delta - namely, a small town called "My Tho," and two islands, Phoenix and Unicorn Islands. Our trip commenced with a two-hour bus ride south of Saigon, along the way stopping at what has to be the world's loveliest "rest stop," complete with botanical gardens and tiki huts! Jeremy got what he thought was a grape Fanta, but it turned out to be licorice! Ugh!! I could smell it on the other side of the country! But I lucked out and finally found candied ginger - not only delicious but great for the motion sickness I'm so prone to! We arrived at the river and boarded a small narrow boat to Phoenix Island, which looked like a cross between ... read more
Palm Bridge - Ha!
Lovely Unknown Flowers
Mekong River

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho October 21st 2009

The adventure begins with an early start and this sets the scene for the whole adventure on the Mekong - early mornings! We were debating how to attack the Mekong (not literally) adventure, do it on our own or through a tour. So to cost things up we stumbled into Delta Adventures and a tour cost about 18$ US per day each including accomodation, some meals and with some cool activities, so we decided to go with that, we planned a four day three night trip with a home stay and the plan was to abandon the tour in Chau Doc and make our way to Ha Tien for the ferry to Phu Quoc. We had to be at the office for 7am for our minivan to the port and like everything in Vietnam you spend ... read more
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Snake Wine with a Bird in it!!!
Canals of the Mekong

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho October 13th 2009

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

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho September 26th 2009

I decided to go for a trip to the Mekong Delta. Having been unimpressed with Saigon Tourist previously, I decided to go with Sinh Cafe this time. The Mekong Delta is one of the biggest rice regions in Vietnam. Growing enough rice there to feed the whole country and more. It is not just about rice farms though. There is a lot of local produce, with many fruits coming from here. The river itself flows from the sea, across Vietnam and into Cambodia. Historically the area near the border was a dangerous place, with Cambodians attacking regularly. It is much more settled now though and regular tourist trips will travel from Ho Chi Minh City up the river into Cambodia. For our day trip, we left Ho Chi Minh City at 830am and the journey to ... read more
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Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho September 18th 2009

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
Busy busy - waiting for the ferry to My Tho
Attempting to cut pineapple...
This 80 year old beat me hands down at pineapple cutting

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho August 1st 2009

Before leaving Siam Reap we asked the hotel we were staying at in HCMC to book a Mekong Delta tour for us for the next day. When we arrived at the hotel the desk person said there was one tour available and it would be all day and cost $8 per person. We also got our room which was quite a bit lower in the building (not recommended by our travel guides) and rested up for the fun to come. We got up in the morning, had our breakfast (egg scramble), and then loaded the bus for our tour. Well, actually it was loading the bus to get some gas, and then consolidate all of the tourists at the tour office to be loaded on different buses going here and there and everywhere. Then we were ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho July 22nd 2009

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
Game time
Flying bricks...
Just smile...

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho July 21st 2009

By Carinda... Hello again! Just wanted to show our build progress with some snaps of the build site. The walls are now over our head height so we are working of scaffolding, it is all coming together really well. We also took some time in our lunch break to show the locals the the americans in our build team how to play cricket which was a lot of fun. Well that is all for now, the next update may be the completed house so stay tuned! Cheerio Carinda... read more
Scoffolding time
Tegan bricking
The build site

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho July 19th 2009

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
Scaffolding time
The floating market
A mekong business transaction




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