A launch into Sa Dec, and once ashore, we toured the town on foot. Marguerite Duras' home is a small museum, where the writer lived with her Chinese lover, she is who La Marguerite is named for, and this home is very lovely indeed. We then toured the local market, another with many unique items you would never see in the U.S., alive and kicking, because there is no refrigeration, things need to be extra freshly killed prior to cooking. There were many more shops along the streets here, but still not much for tourists to bring home, much more for the locals to buy necessities for their own needs. Because of the poor road conditions, our bus trip to the military site Xeo Quyt, was cancelled. Again, lunch on board the boat and air conditioned
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