My earlier observations were broad strokes, so let me now take some time to give the basic details of what the last few days were actually like. I'll warn you, this will be a bit rambling. So what else is new? Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, Noa and I took a bike tour with our guide, Toong (Tung?), through the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's rice basket. Each day, we awoke in a new, strange town, ate a breakfast that certainly contained rice noodles, rice porride, rice pancakes, and rice sweets (plus fruit and coffee), and either rode out of town or hopped on our tour van for a ride to a good spot. First day, 40km. Second day, 65 km. Third day, 45 km. The first day was the prettiest. After taking the van two hours out of
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