Tag: <span>mekong delta</span>

Date: 25 October 2019

I was enjoying my day tour of the Mekong Delta, especially the canal boat ride through a narrow river stream. After that activity, I had to re-group and get back on our boat which would take us to another island on Tien River.

Dat Dua island Ben Tre Vietnam — Dao Dua, means coconut religion… but this was no place of worship

Dat Dua coconut candy Ben Tre Vietnam — We were being guided to a factory that manufactures candy made using coconut milk

Coconut dehusking Vietnam — One of the tour guide staff demonstrated de-husking a coconut… which I didn’t need to come to Vietnam to see since I help my mother with this back in Kerala

After they break open the coconut, they grate it and then extract coconut milk from the grated coconut.

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Date: 25 October 2019

After the first stop to Vinh Trang pagoda, we were back on the highway en route to the next stop on my Mekong Delta tour.

Rice fields south Vietnam — We drove past many rice fields. Vietnam is third largest rice exporter in the world behind Thailand. India is still no. 1.

Our van parked by a dock at Tiền River in Bến Tre province.

Tien river dock Vietnam — Tiền River is one of the tributaries that merges with Mekong River

Mekong Delta tour guide Vietnam — Our guide would continue her talk on the boat

Tien river cruise boat Vietnam — There are cruise boat river tours here too

There are many small islands along Tien river and the Mekong. The boat we were on dropped us off at one such island in the Ben Tre province where my tour group would then be guided to a restaurant-like area.