Largest authentic floating market experi

Yesterday was a down day. We didn't do anything too exciting. Today, we were picked up at 6:30am at our hotel for a half day floating market tour. Our guide, Angelina, was a special person with a fantastic personality, always smiling and happy. We took a taxi to the river where we boarded a Sampan boat. There was another couple from Poland that was on our tour. They were also great people. Our first stop was a rice noodle factory, where everything was still done by hand for the most part, it was an interesting process, then we cruised down the Song Can Tho River in the Mekong Delta. Many boats were stationed there, selling different fruits and vegetables. This is the largest floating market in Vietnam. A bamboo stick with what they were selling was hoisted over each boat, families lived in these boats, no taxes or licenses required. We got to board one of the boats and see what it was like living on one. Seeing the trading going on early in the morning was very interesting. We then anchored in the middle of the river with a soup boat and had noodle soup with fresh rice noodles for breakfast. It was delicious. We tasted so many different fresh fruits throughout the day. From there, we toured some side canals and visited an organic cacao farm. It was neat to see how they processed the fruit and then taste a 100% cacao chocolate drink. Was also interesting to see how they made the cacao butter and powder. Great tour! Tomorrow, we take the bus back to Saigon, spend the night, then fly to Hoi An on Sunday.Read more