Gooooood Mooooooorning Vietnam..........

Now I hope you all said that in your best Robin Williams voice. We were up at 6.30 to pack up, get some breakfast and head off on our 2 day tour to the Mekong Delta.....one of the biggest things on our bucket list. It took a few hours by bus to My Tho where we got on a boat on the Tian River, which is part of the Mekong. We went to an island where we saw coconut candy being made and got to taste it and also coconut wine. We had lunch on the island, had a bike ride and of course I got the mental bike that's chain kept slipping and made really wierd loud noises, saw some crocodiles, had a row boat ride down the canals, saw traditional singing and did alot of walking. When we got back to My Tho we had another 2 hour bus trip to get to Can Tho. We had opted for the home stay so we were dropped off with 5 others and started walking with a Vietnamese man. We had no idea where we were going and it was getting dark but after about 10 minutes we got on a boat and headed off. It was a bit of an adventure and the best thing was getting to see hundreds of fireflies for the first time. They are very cool. Finally after about half an hour we pulled into Minh Fin Homestay. It wasn't quite what we expected as we thought it was going to be a bit more personal but it was ok. We shared dinner with the others who were an Italian couple, a Canadian and Scottish couple and a guy from the Czech Republic. They were really nice and interesting to talk to. We headed to bed by 10pm as we had to be up by 6am. We both suffered very sore calf muscles today due to all those bloody stairs yesterday. I bought a cool Vietnamese hat also which can double as a little shopping basket if need be...lol We had a really good day and our tour guide is very funny which makes it even better. Alvo xo