Mekong Delta

The most difficult part of this trip is trying to find a reputable travel agency to arrange excursions--there are 10 on every block selling the same thing and various prices. We tend to walk around and look for one with other foreigners there, probably not the best way but what can you do?! We opted for Sinh Travel to take us on a 2day and 1 night on the Mekong Delta to Phmon Penh, Cambodia. We left early in the morning on March 16th and went to watch ladies make coconut candy, rice popcorn and a traditional taffy candy. Next, we took a boat through the floating market, old men and women on boats selling fruits, mainly watermelons. For lunch, we went to Sinh Travel's private island for lunch, Vietnamese spring rolls, fried pork cutlet (hopefully it was pork) and vegetables. But the best part of the day was feeding the crocodiles! The first picture is Jeff, Brandon and I will cow liver on sticks fishing for crocodiles! There were probably 25 crocs in the water and were quite hungry! Brandon had to help me when the crocodile almost pulled my stick in! We stayed the night on Chau Dac, the border town with Cambodia and watched some children practicing taekwondo for awhile...adorable.
The next day, we went on little boats through the Delta to the another island, the second picture is of me on the boat. After about an hour of paddling, we hopped on a slow boat for Cambodia...strangely enough, our visa cost about 20$ with a $2 custom officer fee. Interesting!