We just finished the second day of our two-day Mekong Delta tour and are enjoying a nice dinner near our hotel in District 1 of Saigon. Although our tour was jam-packed with tourists, we met a lot of nice people and enjoyed boating down the Mekong River. We got to see how they make rice noodles the traditional way, we walked through a tropical fruit orchard and crossed what is called the Monkey Bridge, which is essentially one large bamboo stalk spanning a small pond. On our way back to the city, we saw the Buu Long Pagoda, a beautiful yet strangely placed structure on a busy highway surrounded by Buddha statues and flowers.
Having sampled local banana rice wine and red wine over the last two nights, we'll likely avoid doing so tonight as we have to get up before 6 am to catch our long bus ride to Phnom Penh. Cambodia awaits us and we can't wait...
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