Cantho and the Mekong Delta

Hi All,

This is Lorelle here. This is my first entry on our 'blog'. Dave says I have to write my thoughts on Cantho and the Mekong Delta.

That is simple. Cantho stinks and The Mekong Delta is fantastic.

Cantho is a town along the Mekong which is full of old fishing boats with loud motors. It is poor, busy and dirty. These boats run up and down the river all day and night. (Not the best place to get some zzz's) and the place does literally stink!

Anyway, on a good note...
The Mekong Delta was fantastic. Dave and I hired a little fishing boat to take us around the Delta. We were accompanied by a Vietnamese lady named 'Ha' and her brother Muen (Moon). Ha was a crack up. She spoke basic english & she thought everything was funny.

They took us down tiny canals with the most picturesque landscape either side with little shacks dotted along the water and fantastic 'monkey bridges'. We went through 2 floating markets where the locals buy all their fruit & veg. You pull your boat up next to the farmer's boat and bargain. We bought some fruit which we ate all afternoon. (Please Note: I have been sick since)

It was stinking hot along the Delta, even Ha and Muen were complaining. Dave took his top off later in the day, Ha and Muen cracked up and joked in Vietnamese to each other. I think they were impressed with Dave's hairy body. Dave still reckons they were impressed by his tattoo.

We met some little girls out that night in town and they were also fascinated by Dave's hairiness. They were patting his arms and legs. I told them in vietnamese that he was a monkey boy. They thought that was hysterical. On the other hand, they thought I looked like Christina Aguilera.