We took a Day Trip Ho Chi Minh to Mekong Delta with a private guide (we chose to book the guide who had picked us up at the airport). Our guide was originally from the Mekong Delta, and so had an insider's knowledge to the area.
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We were driven in a car and taken to the river to a place where we were placed in a small boat.
It was a surreal feeling gliding up a small canal amongst deep water reeds. It felt for a moment like we had stepped back in time, and we really were in a different world. It was fantastic, and it was peaceful, gliding along a very small arm of the mighty Mekong delta 1 day tour.
The Mekong River is a life line to millions of people in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. It is a source of food, and a source of livelihood and income. People live on the river in house boats. People fish on the river. People take tourists on the river. People use the river to get from A to B. People live by the river. The Mekong Delta also supplies food to other parts of the country. It is of major importance and significance.
We had a lunch of a whole fried fish with tangy sauce, a Vietnamese specialty. And then we were taken for a drink and a special performance of a traditional Vietnamese love song, a duet between a male and a female.
We were also taken to a place which makes hand-made sweets/lollies from coconut and other locally abundant fruits.
We were then driven back to bustling Saigon.
A Day Trip Ho Chi Minh to Mekong Delta was a wonderful day.
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