Get your cabbages here............

Hi All

Up at stupid o'clock this morning ( well it is when your not working!) to visit the famous floating market at Cai Rang. We took a boat up and down through the the market which originated as a way for the locals to sell their produce from the delta (ie before the bridges linked everywhere) and they publicise their goods by hanging it from the top of a long bamboo pole hoisted up high so you can see from quite a distance who has what you want. The market is still thriving, but has as many tourist boats as there are barges selling goods, however it was fun albeit a little long. Next stop was brick factory, which was not, but that's what you get as a time filler on these little package trips.......

We then travelled over to Vihn Long, to visit the local market, which was bustling with locals and full of exotics fruits and loads of different fish and produce including snakes & frogs for sale............. We found it a little too raw as some of the 'live'produce was barely alive as they were crammed into small cages or in the case of the fish were in about half and inch of water. I know they were for sale as food, but even so...... makes you want to turn vegetarian sometimes.... Thank god for Waitrose!!
We then spent the rest of the day travelling up to Chau Doc on the border ready for our trip across the border to Cambodia. We had the most fabulous meal in a restaurant Bay Bong near our hotel and now we are slinking off to as we have another early start in the morning.

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Sara