Hi All,
Today we drove about 90 minutes to the Mekong Delta area. The mighty Mekong starts in Tibet about 2,000 miles north.
We hiked through a native village to see how the farmers and fishermen lived. Our local guide Vinh pointed out the Jackfruit tree.
In groups of three we boarded small sampans for a paddle down the channel.
This red group was headed upstream. We thought they were locals until we saw them frantically taking cell phone photos.
After a visit to a place where they process coconuts into candy, we all boarded a larger board for a cruise up the main channel.
These are fish farms. Each building is 12' x 24' with a 15' deep cage underneath where the fish are raised.
Our lunch stop on a large island featured interesting courses like dinosaur egg (a fried rice paper ball with sweet sticky rice inside)
and whole fried giant gourami. Smaller versions of these fish are popular aquarium fish.
On the way back to the dock we passed the fishing fleet. These boats have many bright lights to shine into the water to attract squid, soon to be calamari.
Another fascinating and diverse day.
Love,
Sandy & Carl
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