With still 5 days to go till we meet Marsha and Nick in Saigon for Christmas, we are taking our time going through the Mekong Delta. Our guidebook recommended Vinh Long - or rather, it suggested going on a 'Homestay' on the nearby river islands. However, this turned out to be much more expensive than we expected - even getting a boat over to the island and back was quoted at $25 each! So we found a decent enough hotel instead and stayed to explore the town.
Here are some of the things we saw:
A man giving his dog a haircut, while the chicken looks on.
The 'aromatic' fish market.
The colourful veg market.
Cops straight out of 'CHiPS' doling out speeding tickets.
And finally, the worst meal of the trip so far. Pete's fish hotpot was utterly without flavour, but at least it beats Hazel's plate of chicken bones.
We left one restaurant in the evening after getting freaked out by the staff and other customers - all of whom seemed to think they were in a staring competition!
And so, moving on...
Namaste!
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