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April 22, 2007
Hello!
We are now in the Mekong. On Friday, we left Saigon from the Cholon bus station and took a local bus to Mytho (the locals seem surprised to have foreigners on the bus with them so they stared and smiled the entire time) and arrived hot and sweaty in Mytho.
Although the Mekong Delta cities are not as scenic as some places in the North, the people here are some of the friendliest people we've met so far. We ventured out of Mytho on our own yesterday and took a free ferry to Ben Tre and Phoenix Island. On the way back, two people stopped and asked to help us. It turns out we were waiting at the wrong place for the bus back to the ferry and thanks to the two people, we made it back quickly.
On Phoenix Island, we walked by some women peeling cococuts (the local specialty is coconut candy which Josh and I are now addicted to) and they invited us to sit with them. One guy brought us a half coconut so we could drink the juice. Talking to these women was fun although our Vietnamese-English phrasebook makes for limited conversations. Women here all seem to think 28 is old and I should think about having a baby. I sometimes wonder if they've been instructed by my Mom to tell me this!
We also took a boat tour around the small canals of the Mekong, it was very peaceful (well apart from the loud engine of the boat, it was as peaceful as it gets in Vietnam let's say).
Ok time to go check out Cantho where we are for a night. More later!
Posted by insideoutmag at April 22, 2007 02:47 AM
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