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Things To Do: Monsoon season
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Well June is the start of Moonsoon season in Ho Chi Minh, so we came prepared with our umbrellas. Didn't have to bring them with us because as we disembarked from our cruise, we were handed light plastic raincoats. Took us about 10 minutes to unravel them and put them on......then when we got out, ....the rain had stopped haha
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Well we'd heard so much about it from all your wonderful tips here on vt, that we just simply had to visit. Straight from the cruise, we hired a taxi for the day (only $40US), jumped in and headed off for the hilight of our cruise.....a trip to the Mekong Delta!!
A lot of people did the bus day trip to the Mekong and paid heaps more, but we got a real bargain and got to see 3 islands with 3 modes of transport and didn't have to travel so far to experience the same thing.
Only about an hour and half down the road our taxi arrived at Tien Gaing for a boat ride to our first island in the Ben Tre Province.
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I had been looking forward to this....and wasn't dissapointed. The peaceful ambience as we slowely drifted through the palm lined canels was unforgettable. It was all I had ever anticipated and more!!
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Lunch was special. This was where we lashed out.....probably spending more than we should have. But, what the heck......this was a once in a life time experience!!
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We had a few nice experiences on the little islands. The first thing we saw was the locals making coconut candy. It was only $1US a big packet and quite yummy.
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Honey Tea anyone? ...And we also had a taste of the banana wine. Tasted a bit like sweet sherry.
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Next the locals treated us to a fruit buffet and sang to us :o) I gave the two little girls $1US each and the bigger one $2US, which Kelli told me later she saw giving to the parents. .... As we were walking along some children were singing "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands...." in Vietnamese..... so we joined in :o)
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Things To Do: Jay Walking
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Well I can now say I'm a professional Jay Walker!! I'm sure you've heard all about the crazy traffic of Ho Chi Minh and how it's a feat in itself to actually cross a road and make it to the other side in one piece! Well, ...we did it!! ....and I actually enjoyed it!! And thanks to all your tips here on vt I actually knew how to do it before hand.
Easy,....just walk out from the curb slowely and keep walking and the bikes all go around you. .....Just make sure you cross when there's no taxis or trucks in sight :o)
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Well I heard all about it here on vt and wasn't dissapointed. The Post Office in Ho Chi Minh is a beautiful building. Inside the architecture is something else!! A trip to Ho Chi Minh is not complete without posting a card from the Post Office :o)
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Address: 2 Cong Xa Paris, District 1
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Couldn't resist making a phone call too....from the little red phone boxes inside the Post Office.
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zuriga Fri Oct 5, 2007 12:44 UTC
This page brings back a lot of memories. I'm glad peace finally came to this part of the world. | tiabunna Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:18 UTC
A very enjoyable page about a part of the world I'm really hoping to visit some day, Ann. | Nemorino Tue Apr 3, 2007 19:15 UTC
Brings back memories. I spent a lot of time in Saigon as a soldier 1964/65, and had a great return trip with one of my sons thirty years later. Glad you took the Mekong Delta tour. (Today's newspaper says the Mekong is drying up. I hope not.) | albaaust Sun Feb 4, 2007 09:16 UTC
You saw much more of HCM than we did.Mekong Delta looks interesting. The Rex was great wasn't it? |
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