I only have five minutes so I will write a few more details about our trip in the Mekong. After lunch of Elephant Ear Fish we headed on a few more boats and buses to My Tho and Vinh Long. Seven of us (the German couple, Iker from Spain, Val, Chuck, Jenn and I) were taken in a little boat to a small island, An Binh, for our overnight at a homestay. We were greeted in the dark by an elderly man whose house we were staying at. The homestay was fabulous. We slept in cots under a shelter. We were to get cooking lessons, over the open fire, from he and his family but by then it was 7pm and Jenn and I were feeling quite sick so we opted to go to bed instead.
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