November 11th, 2024
After breakfast, our tour guide picked us up and we headed south to the Mekong Delta. As we headed out of the bustling city, we headed into scenic rural landscapes with small villages, rice paddies and fruit orchards.
We arrived at our destination and boarded our boat to experience the water-bound life along the Mekong Delta. We snacked on dragon fruit, lychees, watermelon and bananas. While watching both large and small boats carrying goods up and down the river. After a ride on one boat, we stopped and boarded a small rowboat and went through a mangrove via canals. I think Sophon enjoyed the rice hat a little too much!
Unfortunately, I couldn’t help but notice the amount of plastic pollution in and around the river and canals. Vietnam is a developing country and some of the smaller villages, waste management may be lacking. I wondered how this might impact future tourism.
We stopped at an ancient house and learned how the architected houses during that time period before we headed to lunch at Le Langanier, which included two of my favorite items, fried spring rolls (Cha Gio) and carnalized pork in a clay pot (Thit Khat To). The showstopper was the fried elephant ear fish which comes from the Mekong Delta. All of it was delicious as we sat in a picturesque colonial style building.
After lunch, we walked for a bit with our guide pointing out various fruit trees and plants. We then headed back to Saigon!
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