Mekong Delta at Can Tho on the second day....Day 16

This morning we went on another cruise on the Mekong River, our first stop was the Cai Rang floating market with all its local characters trying to sell their wares, we boarded a fruit boat to try out the fresh pineapple. 

It is a hive of activity on the river with all manner of vessels passing up down the river. The one thing that did strike us is that the locals always seem to have a smile on their faces.

We then visited a noodle making workshop, this was more interesting than it sounds, watching the locals cook a huge pancake, drying it in the sun and the shredding it into noodles.

We then visited a fruit plantation where they had a very interesting menu of snake, frog and snails...."Thank, but No thanks", this was followed by a visit to a traditional Vietnamese long house.

We the checked out of the Iris hotel, which like all the hotels we have used on this tour have been very comfortable. This was followed by lunch at a local restaurant and we shared it with two lovely India people from Deli.

We then made the long trip back to Saigon where we had a smashing meal at the Garlick restaurant and the service was top notch.