Yesterady we went to the Mekong Delta. Doc kept trying to scare us with stories of snakes leaping up on the the boats, especially since Greg is deathly afraid of snakes. We stopped by a Cau Dai temple and a VN verteran cemetery on the way. It was a welcome change of scenery on the delta. Everything we very organic compared to the concrete musty city. The river culture is interesting; floating markets and boats. The villages on the countryside are the the shops in the city. In the city there will be a street block devoted only to selling a specific item, like electronics, or bike paraphenalia (some of the shops literally sell only one type of thing, like bike mirrors). In the country, the villages specialize in one thing as well such as brick making, basket weaving or tailoring.
We stopped by some delta houses and restaurants, also a coconut candy shop where we sat out the monsoon. Those storms only last about 20minutes but it rains buckets. It's a monsoon. I'm glad we're here to witness the beginning of the rainy season.
Today was a VN cooking lesson and then we sponsored an orphange to go to the water park. That was gratifying and all the kids were really thankful to be there. I just don'ts likes waters parks that much.
k, bye.