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The Ecstacy of a Wonderful Meal: Can Tho and the Victoria Can Tho resort
Blog: The Art of Slow Travel - 27 May 2012
It is my last day in the Mekong delta, and I’m nearing the end of my journey in beautiful Vietnam. For the past 2 months, I’ve had an on and off relationship with local eateries. At first, I was simply daunted by the idea of stepping into an eatery furnished with low plastic stools or [...]
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A floating market economy/Can Tho
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 30 May 2010
So now I’m in Vietnam… I got myself to Chau Doc, just across the border from Cambodia, and then what? I had zero set agenda besides to make my flight out of Hanoi, but that was a long time from … Continue reading →A floating market economy/Can Tho is a post from: Nilikuta Shani
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Rice wine, floating markets and a long ride back to Saigon
Blog: Barefoot Inked - 7 April 2010
When we arrived at the homestay (myself, 4 guys from the Czech Republic and a lovely older French Couple) I was a little disappointed. I wanted to stay in a home stay. Not a homestay/hotel in a village. It was after dark before we arrived so we didn’t really see much of the village until the [...]
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Xin chào Mekong Delta
Blog: Barefoot Inked - 6 April 2010
South of Saigon is a region of Vietnam called the Mekong Delta, or the Rice bowl (of the world). An enormous percentage of the worlds rice is produced in this region and because of this it is a very important economic area for Vietnam. I’m usually not a fan of tours, they don’t give you enough time [...]
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Taxi-boat-bus-bus-bus-bus-taxi
Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 19 February 2010
Since we left Phu Quoc Island on Monday we have kind of just been moving from one vehicle to the next. To make a long story short we just – took a taxi to the pier, fast boat to the mainland, bus to Can Tho, walked to a hotel where we slept, took a taxi [...]
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Mekong Delta: Now there’s one monkey on the bridge
Blog: 12FOOT3 - 2 March 2009
One of the (many) really wonderful things about traveling for an extended period of time is the freedom you have in your decision-making process. I think this is one of the main differences between vacationing vs. traveling…on a vacation, you have a limited period of time and it usually benefits you to make plans as [...]
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