Sat 17 9,40pm Chau Pho Hotel nr Cambodia border.
Minibus from Saigon Hotel to Mekong Delta took about 2 hours. 7 of us on a 10 seater boat very cosy, taken to Cai Be floating market - hundreds of boats selling all sorts of everything, retail and wholesale, all taking place on this part of the river. Then to a restaurant on Binh Boa Phuoc Island - started with 'elephant ear' fish, socalled because it looks like one, whick came as one whole deep fried fish which we had to pick chunks off and make out own spring rolls with a bit of salad very tasty they were too. Then fried frogs legs, didn't think there was much taste in these certainly nothing to jump around about. Then a huge prawn which WAS very tasty. Fruit to finish. Then back on the boat to visit a very skilled labour intensive factory making pop-rice, pop-corn and other sweetie things. Very interesting to watch them, especially making the rice paper. Clever people. Did you know that the average IQ of far eastern people is 105? ours is 100. Then on the boat again for a long winding trip through waterways on the island with the local population going about their daily business all around us, often smiling and waving, seemingly living happy lives.
Then back to the minibus for a 5 hour drive to this hotel which is in Chau Doc province near the border with Cambodia. Had our last meal in Vietnam in a local restaurant. Leaving at 6.30 in the morning to cross the border.
All the best,
John
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