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We left Ho Chi Minh city on Wednesday 23 October on a 1night 2day tour of the Mekong delta! We visited a temple & the Buddha of happiness where we saw monks having their breakfast! We went on a boat cruising along the Mekong seeing the different islands off of it, learning how they live here, saw how they make coconut candy from water coconuts & tried the snake wine!! Apparently it tasted like a bad whiskey!! We were rowed on a small boat through the beautiful high plantations, tasted honey & lime tea which wasn't the nicest but I drank it for my throat where I've had a throat infection for a week! We stayed in a hotel over night! Up at 630am for breakfast & back on the boat where we cruised along through a floating market, sellers came up2 our boat offering us coffee, fruit, drinks etc on their boats! I bought a coconut & lovely fresh pineapple! We stopped & walked around another island where we learnt how they make their rice paper which they have for breakfast every morning & eat a lot of! The smell wasn't that great in this factory, or what they class as a factory! We then walked round a field where they grow lots of their fruit, like strawberries, limes, jack fruit, dragon fruit, was beautiful! I then bought some delicious fresh mango from them! Altogether an enjoyable tour, lovely sights & good to learn about how they live, washing themselves & clothes in this river & working hard!
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