Vietnam- Mekong Delta

We got up early this morning - 6:30 am as we are visiting the Mekong Delta. We caught a taxi to the travel agents where we boarded a bus to start our toue. there are 17 people in the group and about half were Australian. We drove for about 2 and a half hours before arriving in My Tho in the delta. We spent 1/2 an hour exploring the markets before boarding our boat.

We toured the delta for a while before stopping at Tortoise Island for lunch - disspointed because there weren't any turtles. We learned new things on the island - graves and funerals were the main topic of conversation. It was then back onto the boat and then onto another smaller one where we visited a village that made coconut candy - yummy! We also tried snake wine - extremely strong - i think i burnt my insides.

It was then back on the boat to the next stop where we listended to traditional music and put our hands in bee hives - I was the only one brave enough to do it We took the boat to Unicorn Island where we paddled through the canals with local woman. It was then back on the boat for the last time back to the bus.

It took another 2 hours on the bus back to Saigon. We stopped at the travel agent and paid off the rest of our trip - we also decided while we were there to book a day trip to the Cu Chi tunnels. We went back to Brenda's Grandma's to say hello and then her cousins took us out for dinner. It was then back on the bikes back home where we went to bed early waiting for D-Day tommorow (The release of VCE Results - a whole years work in one mark!)