By 10AM, we were at the Cai Rang Floating Marketplace (open 5A-11A), one of the most heralded markets in the Delta region. Boat traffic. Murky waters. The activities of boats and local merchants, selling produce was already underway. [More...]
World’s Worst Toilets #1: Ancient Outhouse Squatter at the Mekong Delta (Vietnam)
Found this in the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam at a rice paper factory.
Did I have to use this? Thank God, no and fortunately, the western toilet with bedee has been introduced to Vietnam. But this is what was once used in the community. You wonder why the biodiversity in the Mekong River is so rich and why the fish there are said to grow big…
Life on the Mekong Delta: Rice is Life (Part II: Vinh Long, Can Tho)
Rice- the staple of the Asian meal. Ask any Asian and they’ll tell you, meals are never complete without it. Being part Japanese-Hawaiian, I was raised with rice on my dinner as the staple, over bread, potatoes and pasta. In Korea, it’s always on my school lunch tray and in Vietnam, well…
A tour of the Mekong Delta (Part I)
I did a 2 day-1 night tour of the Mekong Delta with Delta Adventures… $19! (couldn’t you just cry?) No shocking travel stories or freakouts, all went smooth. When you’re on a tour, everything is controlled by the itinerary. If you’re like me, the only thing you’ll wrestle with that an itinerary doesn’t always allow as much free time to explore a place a bit as you’d like. And with life in the Delta revolving around rice, river channels and river commerce, you’d need time to see what makes these people tick! …if you were me.
