Our first full day in Ho Chi Minh City and we left town. We went on a tour of the Mekong Delta. This is a part of Vietnam that the Mekong River and smaller canals run through. We drove to a docking station and got on a boat till we reached our first destination. A candy factory! Well we were definitely happy to see that. They made coconut candies there. Basically they boiled the coconut milk for a long time and added some sugar and out came taffy.
These were cut into squares that were then wrapped in rice paper- edible so the candy doesn’t get your fingers sticky. It was very yummy!Next we got on carts, sort of like roofless tuk-tuks and off we went. We rode through the villages and it
was very tropical. Fruit trees, rice fields, brightly colored houses scattered about made it a picturesque rid
e. We stopped to see a rice field and fruit trees. We enjoyed a delicious lunch consisting of elephant ear fish made in front of us into spring rolls, fried taro and egg rolls, and soup. After eating we got in canoe like boats and someone rowed it as we soaked in the sights. We all put on the traditional hats and off we went. Slowly we made our 
way back to Ho Chi Min. It was a great way to see the countryside of Vietnam.
Janaya
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