... last sunday. it was fun but really tiring. left pham ngu lao 830am to come back 6pm. it was pretty well worth it but hoped that the river isn't so murky. however, that's the signature of mekong. murky waters because of the mud/clay bed.
per our guide, mekong is the largest river which connects 5 countries (laos, vietnam, thailand, cambodia, china). there are 13 municipalities in that area. we went to the famous ones which are my tho & ben tre.
i'm no swimmer. i freeze & sink if my feet can't touch the floor anymore. i know how to float but unfortunately, i can only float with my face downwards. no help if our boat suddenly sinks right? so, imagine how scared i was when it started raining & the waves were getting strong & people were transferring from the right side of the boat to the left! i was grabbing the life jacket (under our seats) but was too embarrased to put it on hehe!
angry clouds anyway, the rain stopped a few minutes after we docked on our destination. there we saw how rice paper & coconut candy were made, how honey was harvested, listened to traditional music in vietnamese (eep! ate & drank tea & talked to each other instead), rode a horse driven cart, rode a small boat (fits only 4 people) through a channel lined with palm fronds (pictures below).
a sunday very well spent. *satisfied*
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