Ben Tre and the Mekong Delta

We arrived in Ho Chi Minh in the evening, checked into our hostel and got some food (which turned out to be a big task, as we ended up on a very expensive street).
In the hostel, we tried to settle down, as we needed to get up early the next day.
There was a small incident caused by a smelly, old US-american in our room (he was screaming about a piece of trash laying on the ground). He also did not wear a shirt and was very hairy (and smelly, if I didn't already mention (I did)).
In my almost 10 months of traveling, I never encountered such a terrible roommate. Vanessa and I decided to talk to the receptionist and the woman put us in a different room (female dorm), for no extra charge and no problem.

The next morning, we got some coffee and milk tea and got to a small bus station. We asked for two tickets to Ben Tre. The woman said yes, I asked when the bus will depart and she said "now" and pointed to a car in front of us. We got ushered in and driven to the bus, where we paid the fair and got down to Ben Tre in 2.5h.

We got to our homestay with no problem, got literally greeted with coconuts to sip from and made plans for a boat tour the next day. Then we took the bicycles and drove around for a bit. Just enough to eat a deconstructed Banh Mi (honestly, one of the best ones I had so far), made by a lady who did not speak any english, but we just communicated with our hands.

The next day, we got onto the boat, together with the driver and the owner of the homestay. We drove along the Mekong Delta, the longest river of Southeast asia.
The first time I saw this river was actually in Lao, my first SE-Asia country of this trip. During our day trip, I had to think back a bit about the time there. It was a little bit over 6 months ago. The first "wild" country after leaving Japan and Taiwan. And it still is, Lao, more wild than the other countries I've visited by now. So much happened since then.

Anyway, the boat stopped and we got onto a smaller boat, driving along the palm trees. A little round, back to the big boat, next stop, coconut candy farm. I bought a coconut soap for when my next soap runs out.
Next stop was a coconut farm where we picked our own coconut and drank it, along with more fruit like green mango, dragon fruit and pineapple. Our guide showed us around, made us toys out of palm leaves and eventually, we got back to the homestay.

Smoothly, pick up was organized and we made it back to Ho Chi Minh. A nice two day trip. I am glad that we did this instead of optioning a day trip from Ho Chi Minh. I think that would have been rushed.

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