I took a day trip to the Mekong Delta with an organized group from Semester at Sea. We took a bus to My Tho, which is about an hour and a half from Ho Chi Minh City. Our tour managed to squeeze in the bus ride, 1 boat ride on a large motorized boat, 1 ride on a small motorized boat, 1 ride on a small paddled boat (as seen in the picture), a stop at a coconut farm where they make gifts out of coconuts, a stop at a coconut candy making sight, fruit tasting, a horse and carriage ride, a huge lunch, a bike ride and the bus ride home, all in 8 hours. It was actually pretty fun and interesting. With being in these countries for so few days (we had 4 nights/5days in Vietnam), you really have to think about what you want to do with your time. The only part I wanted more time for was the bike ride. We got to ride around on small gravel roads and really see how people in this part of the world lived. The top picture is of water coconuts and the bottom one is called Durian.
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