Mekong Delta

The following is an assortment of shots taken during our 3 day trip through the Mekong Delta, on our way into Cambodia via the Mekong river.

These are some of the biggest pieces of sushi, EVER! We had these at a great little resto in Saigon called Sushi Bar, before heading out for the Mekong Delta. No sushi restaurants there.

This is a pretty typical view along the various waterways of the Delta. Hundreds of boats, shacks, fisherman, and sadly, very polluted water.

Case and point. Just be glad I didn't take any pictures of the numerous floating dead dogs, pigs, and unidentified animals.

This is one of the many floating markets. This is for B2B only: retailers come by every morning to get produce for their shops. Each boat has a bamboo stand at the front of the boat, where the merchant can place whatever produce he/her is selling. Point of purchase display of a different kind.

More market madness!

This was a really cute puppy we found chilling on some bags of rice at a rice factory along the river. He was fast asleep while the rice husker was going full tilt just around the corner.

Jennie, making her way across the very narrow bridge to a local Cham ethnic village, right near the border with Cambodia.

This is indeed a bridge, made from a single width of bamboo.

A local family, chilling and fishing in the Delta.

Jennie makes a dash for the border. This was the funniest thing ever. We walked into the security check point by the back door, then had to wake up the customs officer from his nap. We then proceeded to go through a metal detector which exited towards the very spot we came in by. Basically we could have left our bags waiting fo us outside, then go through security, then right back out to our bags. And that's all because we woke the guy up! More to come with pics from Cambodia, but the internet is really slowing down, so that will have to wait for a faster connection. I'm out!

ZA