Saigon Day 03- Mekong Delta trip!

Here's today's itinerary:

1. see floating fish market
2. cross Mekong River by motorized boat
3. Row-boat ride along small creeks to Mekong River estuary
4. Motorized boat ride to Con Phung(Phoenix Island); have Vietnamese lunch, see manufacture of handicraft made from coconut trees.
5. Motorized boat cruise along natural creeks and quiet villages in Ben Tre province.
6. Visit orchards, bee-keeping farm, taste natural honey & honey wine, enjoy tropical fruit and traditional music
7. See coconut candy production process, taste candy and coconut pulp.

** we departed at 830am and reached back Saigon approx 600pm

Price: US$10/pax includes bus, tour guide, boat trip and vietnamese lunch.

Above: here's the place where we got down from our coach and took the motorized boat to phoenix island!

Above: We have reached! Going thru some orchards now! AND we see bananas!

Above: Paper roll grinder. WJ trying his hand at the grinder...huff puff...Lady steaming the paper rolls. and Coconuts used as fuel to steam the paper rolls!

Next above: we visited the quiet villages in Ben Tre province and handicrafts of household utensils which are made from coconuts! coconuts in saigon are really useful!!!! from fuel to laddles, bowls forks and spoons!

Above: IT'S LUNCHTIME! soup looks bad...salad is er..OK? Guess im pretty hungry.

Gross looking fish that didnt come with the lunch. It was an extra order...but who wants to eat a thing looking so pokey like a porcupine? eeewwww.... and back we went onto the Mekong delta and guess what we saw...ships trying to camouflage themselves as owls!