My Tho Travel Blogs

***English version to come soon***Vroeg opgestaan vandaag en na het ontbijt vertrokken op de Mekong Delta Tour. Die was leuk maar nogal redelijk slecht georganiseerd. Ik denk dat er betere tours waren via andere bureaus dan het gene wij geboekt hebben... maar dat weet je natuurlijk nooit op voorhan…

Today is another tour day and the Mekong Delta is our destination. We left Saigon at 8:30 AM heading to My Tho city and arrived around 10:00 AM where we hopped on a small boat crossing the river to visit the coconut production chain.   We saw how the locals made coconut candy using some tra…

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia), Dean and Ora (Australia) Our next trip from Saigon was to My Tho, a small city on the Mekong River. On our tour were Dean and Ora, an Australian couple who we had met the previous day. After a 2 hour bus ride we arrived …

A Culinary Trip in Southern Vietnam. Four days with batch mates! The Heat is on in SAIGON!!!

Vietnam April 2008

n our way back to our hotel, the small group I was now traveling with signed up for a Mekong Delta tour with the home stay. We got up early the next morning, had some pho for breakfast and went to the bus. It was a long bus ride out to the Mekong Delta. At some point we all had to get off the bus …

First time in south east Asia. Unforgettable.

My Travels through the Philippines with my little pet Monkey Lauro and Nepal and Vietnam with my amazing girlfriend Zohar :)

An amazing experience! My first time being back after 15 years... it was more than a traveling experience, but rather a personal one. I've learned so much about myself, my own history and culture and have come to love the people as if they were my family.

Yet another early morning - with a delicious 'free' breakfast of a banana muffin and fruit salad at Sozo - and we were aboard the 8am bus for a bumpy one and a half hours journey to My Tho on the banks of the Mekong River. Our guide told us that in 100 years the Mekong Dekta will all be Saigon, whi…

Leaving Gray and his friend to their own devices in Saigon, Mario and I are off for a two day tour of the Mekong River Delta.  The south-westerly extremity of Vietnam where the ‘Mother River’, the World’s 12th longest finally reaches its terminus after a 2,600 mile journey south.  T…

Trip through Vietnam, one month