This weekend Molly and I went on a trip down south to the Mekong Delta. It was really nice to get away from the noises of Saigon and see some sites.
The Mekong River flows thru many countries; Burma, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Loas and ends in Vietnam. Our first stop was Can Tho where we saw how the people of the river make candies and rice paper, which was very interesting. Rice paper is extremely hard to make, and takes a long time to perfect. We then went on a boat ride down canals and stopped for lunch
and a bike ride. I told Molly the last time I was on a bike in a foreign country, I ended up in a hospital for a couple of days. Luckily that didn't happen this time and we rode up and 
down many side streets, while kids yelled "hello" and slapped us "high fives." Afterwards, we found some hammocks and rested before our boat trip to Vinh Long. There we met an Aussie couple, who were very nice and fun and we ended up spending the rest of the weekend with them.
The next day we went to the biggest floating market in the Mekong Delta region. The boats are all anchored in a bay and
people just float up alongside them and buy goods. While floating around I bought a pineapple from one of the vendors and he cut it up for me. It really was the best pineapple ever, so fresh and juicy. Most of the people live in their boats on the river. Some boats look like they could only house one person, but families somehow pack in!
The Mekong River flows thru many countries; Burma, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Loas and ends in Vietnam. Our first stop was Can Tho where we saw how the people of the river make candies and rice paper, which was very interesting. Rice paper is extremely hard to make, and takes a long time to perfect. We then went on a boat ride down canals and stopped for lunch
and a bike ride. I told Molly the last time I was on a bike in a foreign country, I ended up in a hospital for a couple of days. Luckily that didn't happen this time and we rode up and 
down many side streets, while kids yelled "hello" and slapped us "high fives." Afterwards, we found some hammocks and rested before our boat trip to Vinh Long. There we met an Aussie couple, who were very nice and fun and we ended up spending the rest of the weekend with them.The next day we went to the biggest floating market in the Mekong Delta region. The boats are all anchored in a bay and
people just float up alongside them and buy goods. While floating around I bought a pineapple from one of the vendors and he cut it up for me. It really was the best pineapple ever, so fresh and juicy. Most of the people live in their boats on the river. Some boats look like they could only house one person, but families somehow pack in!
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Love the pics! Gives us a good idea of what you've been up too! :)
Mary,
Very cool to read what your doing and to see pictures. Keep the updates/pics coming!
We miss you in GR and will REALLY miss you next weekend. Keep doing awesome things over there and we will see you in a few weeks. We are proud of you.
(Dillo update.....we are headed to 1-6 with another loss, but I know you will always be a fan (the one and only) win or lose).
Tell Molly HI.
Oh you make me laugh Mary! I love it that you bought a pineapple from a guy. How neat to just drive up and buy goods from a boat, very interesting. I would have loved riding the bikes and giving those kids high five, how fun!! I enjoy reading your blogs.... makes me feel like i am chatting with you on the phone :) Miss you
Love, Sarah
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