But be cautious there are countless operators running those tours for less than 10U$ a day – remember you got what you pay for. We did a 2 day cross-country with a home stay for one night.
After the trip I recommend to do this on your own where you can escape the crowds and cramped busses like ours as we where a group of 40!
We started with boat trip on the Mekong to some of the four Islands. Here you can try local specialties like honey wine, fresh fruits while listing to local music or dancing with little King Pythons … a normal day for Vietnamese.
Leaving this place in traditional nut shells along on the river highway we made our way to our resting place at a local family close to the city Can Tho – a so called home stay.
We stayed there with a nice American Couple from the Virgin Islands which become our talking mates as the family couldn`t speak any word English and was just observing us from a distance.
Our luxury river bungalows where awaiting us with millions of mosquitoes which kept us entertained over the night. Protected by the scary dog we felt safe and fell asleep quiet quickly.
We got up early next morning and the landlord took us on his boat to the local floating market where we could see the traditional way of selling around this area.
Everyone can sell anything here – just tie up your good on the wooden stick high above your boat and wait until other boats approach you. And as easy it is – many are doing this – so it can get really busy here.
Here the trip ends for us and we move on to the east side of the Mekong Delta awaiting our ferry to our last destination.
Leaving Mainland
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