Going cruising.

It’s a sad day today in that it is our last day with Loc as our guide. He will take us to Can Tho, a city on the Mekong Delta, where we will board the Victoria Mekong for a four night cruise up the Mekong River and into Cambodia.

We set off shortly after 8.00am for several hours driving, stopping for lunch at Cai Be. This meant a ride in a sampan on the river to an island where we disembarked and walked to the venue, the Sau Ca Restaurant. The main course was a delicious, spectacularly presented fish, elephant ear fish, that we peeled off the bone and used to make rice paper rolls.

After lunch, back on the sampan and a stop at a rice processing shop. They make puffed rice, lollies and rice wine - snake wine has a cobra in the bottle.

Back on the bus and the drive to the cruise.

As we neared the end of the trip, Loc thanked us for being a good group. He was quite emotional.

Once off the bus, the cruise ship crew busied themselves taking our luggage aboard and we all said our goodbyes to Loc…

Tonight he will fly home to Hanoi and his 'honey'.Read more