Ohhhh if you watch the video see the joy on the faces of the boat passengers. They have just spotted a bigger boat and shelter. This little rowing trip was going to be one of the highlights of our trip into the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.... and in some ways it was - we were soaked, nearly sank and our boatmen nearly killed themselves laughing. We were slightly less endeared to the idea of falling out of the boat and wallowing with the mud fish (weird leggy fish that live in the mud) but when you are sinking you have to laugh. Life in the Mekong goes slow, people are so friendly and you take it as it comes. We have a lovely lovely time traveling on various craft, seeing local orchards, bee-keeping farms, rice mills
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