Hello from the Mekong Delta! A quickie -- we are on bikes & still have to get back for lunch before our boat leaves....
Statistics for this jaunt: Numbers of:
Boats we've seen -- 5000+ easily
Boats we've been on in the last 2 days -- 6 or 7
Bicycles we've been on -- 2
Total number of bicyle pedals at the end of the trip -- 3
Degrees --- Africa hot
People -- 10 stars :)
Bushels of longan fruit at the "factory" this morning: 30+
Boatloads of long grain rice -- 100's
Photos taken to date: 400+
Spring rolls eaten -- not enough
Waterways & canals in the delta -- 2000
Wonderful 3-day tour through the Mekong Delta. I had no idea how central the waterways are to the way of life here. They are everything. The canals and rivers are freeways, access to homes, transport routes for everything from rice to soda to pineapple to sand to gasoline. Kids grow up on boats. Pilots steer from hammocks (try that on I-5!). At any given moment in any stretch of water there are 20-40 boats within eyesight.
We did a homestay last night. More like a dormitory in the home (all 10 of us slept there), but it was in the jungle. Homes connected by small diked pathways just big enough for a motorcyle. We were free to wander and explore. Watched the sun set over a bridge with kids flying kitess until it was too dark too see. Great uproar when 2 kites got tangled!
Will write more when we can.... off to yet another boat through another waterway. Love it here.
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