The Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam is pretty much all flat riding apart from a few fun obstacles; bridges and ferries to cross the many river outlets. It’s a vast maze of rivers, swamps and islands, so you cross lots of large tower bridges and even some very small wooden ones. The place is almost untouched in some areas and people go about their daily life as they have done for centuries living on the water. The rivers are home to floating markets, house boats, fishing boats and floating restaurants.
Silt houses in small villages line the banks of this water world and farm lands and swampy areas grow tropical fruits in their orchards, rice in their paddy fields, coconut flourish in rich groves and bee keeping farms make honey. Most of the produce is exported out of this region but the floating markets such as Phung Hiep Floating market abundant with local farmers selling produce.
The most renowned places in the Mekong delta are My Tho and Cai Be, more to the heart of the region, Vinh Long and Can Tho begins to see lest tourists and further South towards the mangrove and the South China Sea, North towards Chau Doc and Cambodia, or West towards the island of Phu Quoc even less.
Khmer culture is still very prominent here, mixed with Christian and Chinese population you can find Khmer styled pagodas. The Ong Met Pagoda, located in Can Tho is a fine example of a beautiful Temple with its ornate and brightly painted facade.
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