Vietnam720: The Mekong Delta is a popular visit outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon. Nina from Miss Adventure in Vietnam went on a Mekong Delta travel for 2 days and this is Day 2 of her 2 days Mekong Delta travel.
Nina: When we found out we had to wake up at 6 am on our second day in the Mekong Delta to catch the activities at the Cai Rang Floating Market, I thought The Boyfriend was going to kill me!! Sleep is sacred to him now that he’s working long days.
This market is the largest in the area. Between the market and the visit to the fruit plantations later in the day, I took many fruit pictures. Bear with me because it’s going to get fruit-y!
Mekong Delta Travel. The Boyfriend and me. Friends complain I don’t put enough people pictures, so here’s one!
Mekong Delta Travel. A boat full of jackfruit.
Mekong Delta Travel. Baskets of long ngan fruit.
Mekong Delta Travel. Advertising poles. As the pole advertises, this boat sold everything: garlic, onion, carrots, lettuce…
Mekong Delta Travel. How about some jicama for bo bia?
Mekong Delta Travel. A boat of watermelons.
Mekong Delta Travel. Rice Husking Mill.
Between fruit activities, we also visited a rice husking mill. This shows the various stages of rice husking. We passed on the 8:30 am offer of rice wine with 50% alcohol though.
Mekong Delta Travel. Rice Reserves.
These could be worth a lot with rice prices increasing!
Mekong Delta Travel. Boat ride.
Our boat ride to the fruit orchard was quite laborious at times due to the low tide. All sorts of things (plastic, clothes, plants) would get stuck on the propeller and would have to be removed.
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Warm welcome. We were regularly greeted by cheerful HELLO and WHAT YOUR NAME? from kids running out of their houses along the river.
And now for pictures of fruit still on trees!
Mekong Delta Travel. Bananas. With the beautiful flower still attached.
Mekong Delta Travel. Jackfruit. They can get quite big.
Mekong Delta Travel. A row of papaya trees.
Mekong Delta Travel. Pineapple growing crooked.
Mekong Delta Travel. Purple chili peppers.
Mekong Delta Travel. Khe (starfruit).
Mekong Delta Travel. Mang fruit (or rose apples), looking like two perfect bells.
Mekong Delta Travel. And let’s not forget the mighty mango!
This was the nicest cluster I found; never mind the bathroom as background…
All this in one morning!
Mekong Delta Travel. Uncle Ho in Can Tho.
I hope my mother will forgive me for this picture…
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After we took the ferry leaving Can Tho, we had to wait for our bus since it wasn’t on the ferry with us. As we waited, I wandered around an area with vendors catering to passengers from the ferry. I bought these fruit – I believe them to be mandarin plum. They look like apricots, but had the texture of a ripe plum, tasted very sour with some strong mango flavour!
