Life is better…part 2

Ok, I am really tired. All my joints hurt. We rode 76 k today on mountain bikes. It probably would have been fine if I had been riding frequently, but it’s winter in North America and I haven’t been on a bike since October. Oh, and it was hot…and humid. Still…today we continued through our botanical garden called the Mekong Delta. There were were rice paddies in the mix as well. While there was no snake wine, we did share some sort of wine (although it seems very strong for wine) with our homestay host. We also had jackfruit (sort of chewy cantaloupe-not bad) and a delicious drink made with kumquats and sugar cane that they squeezed right there on the street. We rode through bigger towns and tiny villages, and got caught in the chaos of parents picking up their kids from school, I swear, on what must have been a million mopeds.

We are quite the spectacle here-the only white people we’ve seen for a couple of days. Everywhere we go, people call out, “hello!” Kids get especially excited, waving and calling out, “hello! What your name? Or “Where you from?” It’s very fun, and the people are so kind and welcoming
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A correction from yesterday (Penguins will only let me edit by rewriting the whole thing). Our very most excellent tour guide is Danny, not David. We got him through “Footprint Vietnam, “ but he freelances with multiple companies.Leggi altro