Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City

We left very early for our boat trip down the Mekong Delta. This is an important agricultural area, producing 95% of the country’s rice, and also many other fruits and vegetables. It was beautiful and relaxing.


It’s interesting to think that fruits we consider exotic, like dragon fruit, rambutans, and jackfruit, are as ordinary to them as apples are to us.
We took a medium sized boat…
And then we took little boats

Later, we stopped for more shopping opportunities. This area is known for its specialty coconut candy and a unique wine made in part from a snake. I decided to pass on trying it.

Steve, Jim and Tom trying the snake wine
Jim with a passionfruit Mojito. The others at the table said it looked like a jar of weeds, which it sort of did.

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