Thang, our guide, on the bus to the ship
Nice bus, nice road!!
Lots of rice fields along the Mekong Delta
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Our "owners suite" for the next week!!
Kathy said......I can do this......sweet as!!
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Map of our cruise along the Mekong Delta
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A brewery where the ship docked!!
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A sister ship
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Scenes along the Mekong Delta
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Traditional dress
Vietnamese traditional string band
Getting on our sampan
Everyone had to wear a life jacket......arghhhh!!!
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Floating market
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Coconut factory.....making coconut candy
Individually packed
Making beer!!!
Banana wine for the ladies
Snake wine for the men!!
Actually it was quite tasty!!
Making rice paper
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Making popped rice noodles
Making rice cakes
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Tea and a sample of the goodies!!
Little boys playing games on the internet....universal!!
For cockfighting in Cambodia
French Catholic church
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RV AmaLotus.....our room is on the 3rd floor, starboard side, by the bow
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Market in Sa Dec
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Quite a large market with lots of fruits, veges and seafood
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Water rats ready for the bbq.....hmmm!!
Most fo the seafood looked great but all was farmed!!
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Huynh Thuy Le Old House......a famous romance took place here, captured in the film "The Lover"
Our sampan
Chinese Buddha Temple
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All the guides for the cruise
Our tuktuk ride in Tan Chau
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Happy John
Happy Kathy
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Silk factory
Silk machines......seemed simple....yeah right!!
Fixing a broken thread!!
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Happy but hot Kathy!!
The rattan mat fatory
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Dying the straw
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Plant used for the mat grass/straw
Peppers being grown on Evergreen Island
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Typical Mekong Delta Man trying to stay cool
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All the houses built on stilts to stay above the annual floods
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Hammock coffee shop....very popular......most natives stayed in the shade during the hot midday
Peppers drying
Old rice dehusking machine
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Lots of ducks!!
Note the eyes on the ship......for protection from evil spirits....may need some for Mystic:)))
Rice Factory
Thang with John and Kathy
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Head chef in cooking class
Ice cream social!!
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