After showing Kathleen and Shane around Saigon for two days, we headed south to spend a few days in the Mekong Delta. Our first stop was My Tho, which is a popular destination for day trips to the Mekong Delta since it is close to Saigon. Our driver took us to a tour company that offered almost the same exact program that Yen and I did when we went to the Mekong Delta in September. Vietnam has numerous tour companies and it seems that that all copy each other and this was no exception. Luckily, Yen negotiated with the tour company and we were able to deviate from the typical tour program. In addition to the normal tour of rowing down the waterways, visiting a coconut candy operation, and drinking tea while local singers and musicians performed for us, the tour guide took us to see a floating fish farm on the river where we met the caretaker and got a chance to feed the fish.
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On the way to My Tho, we saw these dogs on a motorbike. Kathleen thought it was cute, but our driver told us that these dogs were on their way to a restaurant.
Our tour guide.
Making coconut candy.
Wrapping coconut candy.
Shane and Kathleen at the floating fish farm.
There was a separate cage in the river for each type of fish.
The caretaker and Kathleen.
I took this shot after we left My Tho on our way to Can Tho.
