Day 15 - Mekong Delta Day 2

We got up at 5.30 to see the sunrise which was at its best at 5.40.  As it got light there was no sign of any wildlife waking up, just hens and a few swifts and swallow.


As breakfast was served some Egrets appeared on floating vegetation getting a free ride.



Sunrise

Riverside houses


Great White Egret

Great White Egret


Our first excursion of the day was to the home of a family of musicians who live on the rivers edge.  They gave us fruit and tea and entertained us with their traditional folk songs.  We then walked through a fruit growing area to a pagoda and back before having a ride in a traditional sanpan rowed by mainly women.  We were taken to Cai Lay town to see how rice is used to make toffee, poprice, rice wine and rice paper. 
Musical family



84 year old Vietnamese lady

Temple 

Village footpath

Selfie on Sanpan

Sanpan ride

Dragonfly

Male sparrow like bird

Female sparrow like bird

Dove



Cormorant

Ride through backwaters

Musical Family


We were then taken across the river to a market where many products are made from rice including rIce paper, sweets, poprice (like popcorn but with rice) and rice wine.


Making Rice Paper

Rice wine bottled with a real cobra. They 
say it relieves a range of ailments.


Link to video showing Poprice being made



Late afternoon we docked at Sa Dec, a large town with a fresh food market for local people.  It was manic and like everywhere else, full of mopeds and motorcycles.  We walked through the fruit and vegetable section, then through the meat and fish section.  




Dog on moped

Mother and 2 children on moped

Dried fish

Electrical wiring

Fruit stall

Fish stall

Manic street market



Fishing village in Sa Dec


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