I’ve wanted to see the Mekong Delta for a long time, so next up, Can Tho. We took a five hour bus journey from Saigon to Can Tho, VN, and while there we visited the floating markets. Here the Mekong is deep and wide, and many live on the river banks in wooden, stilted houses. …
We drove back from Ha Long Bay to Hanoi and boarded an overnight sleeper train bound for Hue. We had some misgivings about this train as some of the reviews listed a catalogue of horrors, including overflowing, rancid toilets, and infestations of cockroaches and rats. The idea of rats didn’t particularly bother us as we’ve …
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